Famous tweeters including Kim Kardashian have suggested that the site should give people a way to make changes to their tweets

Virtual reality, augmented reality, the internet of things: what digital delights will this year offer?

The Independent's verdict on the past year in video-gaming

Physicists learn how to measure antimatter using light

'We ran the gamut over the years, where we were in love with each other, where we hated each other’s guts'

The singer-songwriter announced a hiatus in 2015

Many leading Australian artists have benefited from a Samstag scholarship. But who were the Samstags and what motivated them to create this legacy?

Reading is far from dead, as these mega-selling authors prove

The Redskins face an off-season of questions and recriminations after a 19-10 home defeat to the New York Giants

Minute-by-minute account of Monday's top-flight action

The year in fashion was one in which women made news, for better and for worse, for what they designed, what they wore and what it all said about the role of attire in the broader culture.

​Clean eating, kombucha, and kimchi were big in 2016. But what will we be eating – and where – in 2017? Nutrition and sustainability are watchwords for the new year with a dose of door-to-door delivery and teetotaller tipples thrown in for good measure