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The Ford, MacArthur, Mellon, and Poetry foundations joined forces to create a $50 million Literary Arts Fund supporting hundreds of nonprofit literary organizations and publishers.
Ireland's basic income scheme for artists, which offered €325 per week, has been made permanent after generating €100 million in social and economic benefits.
In a remarkable conservation success, the green turtle has been removed from the endangered list following a decades-long mission to save the species from extinction.
The US energy storage industry exceeded its ambitious 35 gigawatt target set in 2017, reaching 40 gigawatts of battery capacity connected to the power grid by the third quarter of 2025.
The UN FAO reported that deforestation has slowed in every world region over the past decade, with annual forest loss dropping from 17.6 million to 10.9 million hectares.
A groundbreaking retinal implant paired with video-recording glasses has enabled 84% of participants with untreatable macular degeneration to read again.
The IUCN officially reclassified the green sea turtle from Endangered to Least Concern, marking one of the greatest conservation success stories of our time.
A family of beavers in the Czech Republic built a dam in the exact location where the government had been planning one for seven years, saving 1.2 million euros.
Public libraries across the US and Europe reported record visitor numbers in 2025, as they expanded their roles as community gathering spaces, digital literacy centers, and cultural venues.
Researchers developed new methods to detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially transforming survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.
For the first time in history, the combined power of wind and solar has overtaken coal as the leading source of electricity worldwide, marking a crucial energy turning point.
The Ember think tank confirmed solar as the fastest growing source of electricity ever, rising from 1% to 9% of global electricity in just a decade with costs falling 90%.
