The big idea: what if every little thing you do changes history?

We like to pretend that momentous events have big causes, but science says otherwise

In brief: The Fury; Our Moon: A Human History; Wolfish – review

An unreliable narrator gives a locked-room mystery a fresh spin; a fascinating look at our relationship with all things lunar; and ranging far and wide culturally in the company of wolves

Annotated version of Andreas Vesalius’s masterwork on human anatomy up for auction

‘Mind-blowing’ edition of 16th-century anatomist’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem estimated to be worth up to £1m

Blood: The Science, Medicine and Mythology of Menstruation by Dr Jen Gunter – why periods are ‘a muddled burden’

The outspoken Canadian gynaecologist’s compelling scientific study cuts through misinformation, myth and worse with clarity and wit in this study of the menstrual cycle

By sleeping when everyone else is awake I cured my insomnia

Turning normal sleeping cycles upside down helped this bestselling writer recover her energy

Reams of secret poetry by pioneering British scientist finally come to light

Sir Humphry Davy’s unpublished verse – including one published below for the first time – was found in notebooks alongside details of his groundbreaking experiments

‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival

A new film on the doctor is weak on the facts. But it marks a year in which we’ve turned to his theories to comprehend suffering – and to get treatment

Freud exhibition delves into a dramatic legacy in Latin America

Early and enduring adoption of Freudian psychoanalysis puts paid to view of it being a European practice

White Holes by Carlo Rovelli review – space odyssey

Time, quantum mechanics, and the nature of reality are considered in a mind-bending journey to the edge of reality

A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith review – one-way ticket to Muskow anyone?

Elon Musk has pledged to settle the red planet. Is it really worth the bother?

Poem of the week: Losing Galileo by Olga Dermott-Bond

Reflections on the pioneering astronomer find an unexpected contemporary relevance

The Guardian view on new dictionary words: a parlour game that can clarify a scary reality

Editorial: AI has given us hallucination as word of the year. We should quarrel with this humanising definition while recognising that it evokes unprecedented times

AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li: ‘I’m more concerned about the risks that are here and now’

The Stanford professor and ‘godmother’ of artificial intelligence on why existential worries are not her priority, and her work to ensure the technology improves the human condition

White Holes: Inside the Horizon review – Carlo Rovelli turns time on its head

In his latest brief but dazzling journey to the edges of understanding, the theoretical physicist takes us into the heart of a black hole and out the other side

Functional fungi: can medicinal mushrooms really improve people’s health?

The boom in sales of mushroom products has led to many claims for their wellbeing and curative properties, but is there any scientific evidence to back them up?