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De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype

Biologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work

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A spectacular showcase of animal pictures from 2025

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AI firms began to feel the legal wrath of copyright holders in 2025

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Humans

The most amazing archaeology photos and discoveries of 2025

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Mind

People saw a new colour for the first time in 2025

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Health

The potential of GLP-1 drugs to transform medicine exploded in 2025

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Space

Chance of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025

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Handout still for the film Blue Planet Red. Wrench Tool and Container Discovered by Rolf Varga, the Spirit Rover photographed two funny-looking rocks that resemble a wrench and open-top container laid on its side. https://blueplanetred.net/images

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Blue Planet Red is wrong about Mars – but it's surprisingly poignant

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: Ludovic Slimak, discoverer of Thorin showing the Thorin maxillar. Photography Laure Metz

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A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat

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New Zealand, South Island, Wanaka, Otago, Woman on Coromandel peak at sunrise

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Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

Ian McEwan’s excellent What We Can Know is set in a UK largely swallowed up by rising seas. Emily H. Wilson explores the story of a scholar hunting a great lost poem – which may have something to with climate change

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

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Is Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia still thrilling in 2025?

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Nick Clegg says nothing at all in new book How to Save the Internet

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