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Technology

This year we were drowning in a sea of slick, nonsensical AI slop

This Changes Everything columnist Annalee Newitz on how AI-generated content went mainstream in 2025

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Space

Comets were on fire this year – for better or worse

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Protesters gather during a ???Rally for Science,??? against cuts to science and research funding outside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC, on Friday, March 7, 2025. Elon Musk???s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Trump Administration have severely cut funding for disease and biomedical research amidst emerging threats to public health. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA)

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Science still produced many wonders in 2025 despite being under siege

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Health

How I learned to keep my brain in better repair this year

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Humans

2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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Life

Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they?

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Stop treating your pet like a fur baby – you're damaging its health

Life

Stop treating your pet like a fur baby – you're damaging its health

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Health

Human challenge trials have never been more popular

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Physics

Why quantum mechanics says the past isn’t real

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Can viral relationship tests really tell you about your relationship?

Mind

Can viral relationship tests really tell you about your relationship?

Is there any science to viral relationship tests like the bird test, the orange peel theory and the moon phase test? Emily Impett, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Toronto, has the answers

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Mind

Cold-water swimming has benefits for the brain as well as the body

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Mind

Why memory manipulation could be one of humanity's healthiest ideas

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COP30: The UN climate summits are no longer fit for purpose

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Space

Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science

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