This is where body fat ends up when you lost weight

Breathe deeply, Australian researchers explains that it's going to take a lot of exhaling to get rid of that excess fat.

This new umbrella creates a force-field of air to protect you from the rain

Is this the end for awkward and unwieldy umbrellas? Designers in China teamed up with university students in 2014 to invent a better kind of umbrella - a device that creates a force-field of air around you to shield you from the rain.

Mantis shrimps can see cancer, and scientists have now created a camera that does the same

Inspired by the eyes of mantis shrimps, Australian researchers have created sensors that can detect cancer in real time.

VIDEO: A bowling ball and feather fall in world's biggest vacuum chamber

You probably already know how this one ends, but that doesn't make watching it play out any less spectacular.

This plane will be able to fly anywhere in the world within four hours

And the engine system that will power out will be able to fly in outer space too.

This new battery charges to 70 percent in two minutes, and lasts for 20 years

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking new lithium ion battery that charges super quickly and has a shelf life 10 times longer than today's models.

This tree produces 40 different types of fruit

Award-winning artist Sam Van Aken has grown a new variety of fruit tree that produces 40 different types of stone fruit each year. And we all want one.

Why does this child mummy appear to open and close her eyes?

In the catacombs of Sicily, there's a creepy mummy of a two-year-old girl who appears to open and close her eyes on a regular basis. Here's how an Italian anthropologist solved the mystery of this little "sleeping beauty". (Hint: she's not actually undead.)

Long-term study finds zero link between violence in video games and real life

The first long-term study was completed on the link between the consumption of violent media and real-life violent acts in 2014, and it found… there is none. In fact, the only possible trend that cropped up over the last century was that an increased consumption of violent video games correlated to a decrease in youth violence.

Scientists have finally climbed to the bottom of one of Siberia's mysterious holes

And they brought back data that will help us understand what caused them (and lots of amazing pictures).

So now that you know what your favourite stories for the year were, we thought we'd share some of ours that didn't make the list…

World-first experiment achieves direct brain-to-brain communication in human subjects

Solar roads that could power the entire US are on the horizon

And of course this one: NASA is sending humans to Mars

Bring on 2015.

Source: Us (and you guys, thanks for reading the site this year!)