So long 2024: The year in review

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🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We look back on 2024's most interesting science stories with Smithsonian's Joe Spring, from Bird Flu to the hunt for life on the moons of Jupiter. Then, film critic Ty Burr reviews his favorite movies of the year. Also, it was Brat Summer, but what happened the rest of the year? NPR's Aisha Harris surveys the year in pop culture.

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0:00.0	What's in store for the music, TV, and film industries for 2025?
0:04.9	We don't know, but we're making some fun, bold predictions for the new year.
0:09.4	Listen now to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR.
0:13.8	Happy holidays from everyone at Here and Now.
0:16.9	We love that you're making us part of the season, and we're making you part of ours.
0:21.6	We've got new episodes for you every day through the end of the year and into 2025, of course.
0:27.5	So if you like what you're hearing, spread the word about here and now anytime, along with your holiday cheer.
0:32.9	And thanks for listening. Now here's the show.
0:35.5	Fruit flies do a lot of the same things we do.
0:38.4	They're affected by caffeine. They sing. They get drunk.
0:41.9	And so understanding how their brain works can actually inform what we know about how our brain works.
0:49.0	Wow, sounds like I should be partying with those fruit flies tonight.
0:52.6	It's Tuesday, December 31st, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:58.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:04.3	Leave those novelty 2025 glasses folded up for now.
1:09.0	Today, we're taking a look back at 2024. Not to the biggest news
1:13.6	stories of the year per se, but maybe some things you might have missed. We'll get film critic
1:18.7	Ty Burr to weigh in on the best movies of the year. And, well, okay, you probably didn't miss
1:24.2	most of this stuff, but we're talking about the year in pop culture
1:27.7	with NPR's Aisha Harris. Before we get to all that, though, 2024 was full of fascinating
1:34.6	discoveries in science, in fields from medicine to astronomy and beyond. So where to start?
1:41.9	Robin Young called up Joe Spring of Smithsonian to be our guide.
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