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We've seen some fascinating movies and TV shows dive into the realms of sci-fi and speculative fiction this year. Here's our pick of those that got us thinking about how we inhabit this technologically dominated world – and what the future might hold.

​To celebrate the making of its two millionth guitar, CF Martin & Co will be taking a one-of-a-kind custom guitar with a working RGM timepiece mounted in its headstock along to the National Association of Music Merchants show in California next month.

​With a Google Home speaker, users can ask questions of the all-knowing search engine or direct music and video to connected devices with their voice. Now Sony has announced that some of its speakers and TVs will be able to join that network, allowing them to play media and be controlled via speech.

The question of how to track and locate first responders in an involved structure that blocks radio signals has long frustrated firefighters. Could a NASA electromagnetic tracker help them rescue lives without risking theirs​?

​Matter’s mysterious twin, antimatter, has become slightly less mysterious, thanks to new research at the CERN particle physics lab. Scientists have measured the optical spectrum of antihydrogen for the first time to check if antimatter behaves as predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.

A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago say cancer detection can be added to graphene's expansive list of potential applications, after discovering that it is capable of revealing cancerous cells in the brain. ​

The Lamborghini Aventador is a glorious throwback to the old days. While some exotic brands have followed the trend to polar bear-friendly engines, the Lambo flagship is still powered by a naturally aspirated V12 – one which now has even more power in new Aventador S trim.

Boeing's T-X single-engine fighter trainer airplane took to the skies for the first time today on a 55-minute flight to demonstrate the airworthiness of key systems.

Gulfstream Aerospace's long-cabin, twin-engine G600 business jet has taken to the air for the first time, kicking off its flight-test program. It took off on December 17 at 1:50 pm EST from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, Georgia and was in the air for two hours and 53 minutes.

Obesity's effects extend all through the body, and the liver is one of the more serious victims. A team from Saint Louis University has found that switching off a particular protein decreased the body fat and improved the blood sugar levels of mice.

Facebook Messenger's instant messaging, group chat, video call and SMS support features have helped make it one of the most popular messaging apps. Now, there's yet another reason to use it, with Group Video Chat in Messenger making it possible talk face-to-face with multiple people at once.

Mars is home to many phenomena that we'd never see on our home planet, some of which are the networks of veiny troughs found around its South Pole. These "spiders" are usually thousands of years old, but now for the first time a team of scientists seem to have caught some in their early stages.