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Our science predictions for 2024

Last year was a bumper year for science news, with the rise of weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy, record-high global temperatures, not to mention an attempted orca uprising. So what will this year bring? Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big stories likely to hit the headlines and share their predictions for 2024. And environment reporter Patrick Greenfield reveals his top climate stories for 2024. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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  AI, algorithms and apps: can dating be boiled down to a science?

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  Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive?

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  How much protein is too much?

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  Why are the world’s cities sinking?

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  The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines

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  The stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off th…

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  From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic?

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  Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?

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  Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead?

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  Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world

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  The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won

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  Remembering physicist Peter Higgs

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  Horny tortoises and solar mysteries: what scientists can learn from a tota…

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  The science of ‘weird shit’: why we believe in fate, ghosts and conspiracy…

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  Hypermobility: a blessing or a curse?

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  The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS