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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.
Gallup’s National Health and Well-Being Index found that US adult obesity fell from a 39.9% peak in 2022 to 37.0% — about 7.6 million fewer obese adults — coinciding with a sharp rise in GLP-1 medication use.
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.
Ireland announced it will make its Basic Income for the Arts scheme permanent, paying 2,000 artists €325 a week, after a pilot found the support boosted creative output and well-being.
GRAIL’s PATHFINDER 2 study, presented in October 2025, found that adding the Galleri multi-cancer blood test to routine screening increased the cancer detection rate more than seven-fold, with most cancers caught at earlier stages and a false-positive rate of just 0.4%.
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.
Real-world studies from the 2024-2025 season found that the antibody nirsevimab and the maternal RSV vaccine sharply reduced infant hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus, in some age groups by more than half.
A WHO trends report released in October 2025 shows global tobacco use has fallen from 1.38 billion users in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024 — a 120-million drop since 2010 — with women leading the decline.
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%.
After Typhoon Ragasa triggered deadly flooding and mudslides in Taiwan's Hualien County, thousands of volunteers — including foreign residents — streamed south to dig out homes and cook meals. The Buddhist charity Tzu Chi alone coordinated some 3,000 helpers, earning the nicknames "Shovel Supermen" and "Cooking Supermen."
Pakistan imported about 17 gigawatts of solar panels in 2024, becoming one of the world's largest solar markets almost overnight. The boom is led not by government mandates but by households, farmers and businesses installing rooftop panels to escape soaring electricity prices. Analysts project solar could reach roughly a fifth of national electricity by 2026.
