WITH so much choice out there, booking an affordable holiday can feel like a mammoth task. When is the cheapest time to fly?

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Which is why the task has fallen to this journalist to compile their ultimate list - based on nothing more than watching a lot of movies and thinking very hard about it.

We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...