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On 30 June 2025, the World Health Organization certified Suriname as malaria-free, recognizing that local transmission has been interrupted nationwide. It is the first country in the Amazon region to earn the distinction.
Researchers at NREL and the University of Portsmouth unveiled an enzymatic PET recycling process that cuts operating costs by 74% and emissions by nearly half, undercutting the price of virgin plastic.
In a special exhibition event in Paris on 26 June 2025, Kenyan middle-distance star Faith Kipyegon ran a mile in 4:06.42, falling short of the four-minute barrier but clocking a time faster than her own official world record.
Research shows that today's 70-year-olds are biologically and cognitively comparable to 60-year-olds from previous generations, thanks to advances in healthcare and lifestyle.
A New England Journal of Medicine trial found that zimislecel, a stem-cell-derived islet therapy, freed 10 of 12 type 1 diabetes patients from insulin injections at one year, with all avoiding severe low-blood-sugar events.
An international team published in Science a passive cooling paint that combines reflection, infrared emission and evaporation, cutting building cooling energy by about a third even in humid climates.
The Dutch government returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the largest single physical return of these looted artworks to date, in an unconditional handover at the National Museum in Lagos.
Dr. Vip Patel performed the first FDA-approved transcontinental robotic telesurgery, operating on a patient in Angola from his office in Florida, marking a humanitarian leap in surgical care.
A 71-year-old man with liver disease survived 171 days with a genetically modified pig liver, proving that animal organs can perform essential functions in humans.
Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra reset his own national record with a stunning 90.23-meter throw, cementing his status as one of the greatest javelin throwers in history.
A UC Davis brain-computer interface translated a man's neural signals into synthesized speech with natural tone and melody in real time, letting him converse with family and even sing short tunes.
In June 2025, the FDA approved nitisinone (HARLIKU) as the first treatment for alkaptonuria, a rare inherited disorder, after trials showed it cut the buildup of the acid that damages bones and joints by more than 95%.
Cancer Research UK reports that survival rates have doubled over the past 50 years, with experts declaring a 'golden age' for cancer treatment and research.
Conservation group Aussie Ark announced in June 2025 that at least ten Tasmanian devil joeys had been born in its mainland breeding program, with more on the way. The births strengthen an “insurance population” safeguarding a species devastated by a contagious facial cancer.
Two paintings stolen from the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico in 1985 were recovered and returned by the FBI after a 40-year investigation.
A second group of seven Przewalski’s horses arrived at Kazakhstan’s Altyn-Dala State Nature Reserve in June 2025, bringing the reintroduced herd to fourteen animals. The species, once extinct in the wild, is being restored to the golden steppe it last roamed roughly two hundred years ago.
New figures show the Hawaiian language, once close to disappearing, is being spoken at home by far more people than a decade ago, while enrollment in Hawaiian-language and immersion classes continues to climb.
