The five: space missions for 2021
After 2020, anyone would be forgiven for wanting to escape Earth, and Mars, the moon and the asteroid belt beckon
21 things to look forward to in 2021 – from meteor showers to the Olympics
From finally seeing the back of Donald Trump to being in a football stadium – the new year is full of promise
Covid through a lens: how Guardian video continued amid the pandemic
The Guardian’s head of video reports on how he and other members of the video journalism team have adapted the way they work to suit ‘the new normal’
Ian McKellen got his jab – phew. Now brace for a deadly outbreak of celeb smugness
As the vaccination’s famous recipients get younger, one thing’s for sure: the thumbs-up social media photo will get very tiresome very quickly
US FDA declares genetically modified pork ‘safe to eat’
Developer says it plans to focus on using pig organs for human transplant rather than selling for meat
China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here’s why we should be worried
Beijing is aiming to control rain and snow across half the country. But it is the reason it wants to do this that is really frightening, says Arwa Mahdawi
How artificial intelligence helped me overcome my dyslexia
I rely on apps for help with spelling and grammar as if they were old friends. Now I’m a tech entrepreneur
Elon Musk says he has moved from California to Texas
Billionaire, 49, confirms move to Wall Street Journal and says he plans to focus on new Tesla plant and SpaceX venture
iHuman review – doom-laden documentary about the future of AI
Are the robots going to kills us? Film-maker Tonje Hessen Schei speaks to a range of interviewees including Elon Musk’s computer scientist in an eye-opening, anxiety-inducing film
Why do gamers invert their controls? How one question launched a thousand volunteers
More than a million of you read our article calling for volunteers to take part in research into why some gamers invert their controls. The response was incredible
The Guardian view on DeepMind’s brain: the shape of things to come
Editorial: This is an achievement that answers one big scientific question but raises more fundamental ones for society
Beating the anti-vaxxers: how star power can help squash vaccine myths
Analysis: Vaccine hesitancy is growing, thanks in part to social media misinformation. Time for the Elvis approach?
‘There’s a gaping hole in our knowledge’: the scientists studying why gamers invert their controls
Our article asking why so many players invert their controls provoked a fierce debate that has now caught the attention of researchers into visual perception
DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem of protein folding
Program solves scientific problem in ‘stunning advance’ for understanding machinery of life
It’s only fake-believe: how to deal with a conspiracy theorist
As the pandemic has taken a grip, so have the misinformation spreaders. Here are five ways to spot the holes in their logic