Part dinosaur, part Mars bar … it’s the Avatar-inspired Mercedes-Benz!

With the promised sequels endlessly delayed, fans of the environmentalist blockbuster will have to settle for the next best thing: a baffling concept car

Technology in 2050: will it save humanity – or destroy us?

Amid the calamitous effects of climate change, artificial intelligence could make the difference between a livable future or a dystopian one

Get yourself cybersecure for 2020

With ever more tech in our lives, our data is vulnerable. Here are our six top tips to keep it safe in the new year

Food in 2050: bacon grown on blades of grass and bioreactor chicken nuggets

One way or another, our diet is going to be transformed. But will it be better or worse for us and the planet?

Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2019

From hemp and cork buildings to energy-efficient council housing, the climate crisis got us thinking laterally

Read the Observer critics’ review of 2019 in full here