Are we closer to having an answer? 2024 has witnessed weird sightings in the sky, a deep debate over the right to die, and a big leap in our knowledge of where we came from.
Review of the year: meaning of life
Search for answers: This year, science and politics brought us closer to understanding how we came to be and how we should be allowed to die. Glossary
Douglas Adams - The English author (1952 - 2001) who created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Pyramids of Giza - Three Ancient Egyptian pyramids built near the Nile River.
Nile - The longest river in the world, passing through eleven different countries. It is an exceptionally old river, thought to have existed in some form for 23 million years. Egyptian civilisations have sustained themselves on the Nile, whose floodplain creates very fertile soil, for 7500 years.
Universe - Everything. Including all of time and space and its contents.
Kuwait - An Arab state with very close relations to Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 4.3 million.
parliament - An assembly of representatives, usually of an entire nation, that makes laws.
Swathes - Large areas.