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Australia became the first country to ban all social media accounts for children under 16, responding to growing evidence of harm from excessive screen time and online platforms.
After facing her darkest hours, one woman's story of recovery — fueled by the kindness of her community — became a powerful testament to how collective compassion can transform lives.
A Stanford Medicine-led study found that blocking an aging protein regrows knee cartilage in old mice, with human tissue also responding to the treatment.
A new non-opioid pain reliever has been approved that reduces postoperative pain as effectively as opioids but without the risk of addiction.
Spanish artist Rosalía released LUX, a genre-bending album sung in 13 languages that critics hailed as one of the most ambitious and culturally rich records of 2025.
A major IBM study reveals that open-source AI is transforming the technology landscape in 2025, with smaller, more efficient models enabling businesses and researchers worldwide to harness powerful AI without massive budgets. Over 51% of organizations using open-source tools report positive ROI.
Tennis great Andy Murray's mother, Judy Murray, launched a leadership-through-sport program designed to build girls' confidence, agency and long-term engagement in physical activity.
After COP30 failed to mention fossil fuels, Colombia and the Netherlands led 25 nations in pledging to establish their own roadmap for abandoning coal, gas and oil.
French Polynesia has created the world's largest marine protected area, adding to a wave of new wildlife sanctuaries established across the globe in 2025.
Once the world's most endangered cat with just a few hundred individuals, the Iberian lynx has rebounded to several thousand thanks to dedicated conservation programs across Spain and Portugal.
Researchers at the Arc Institute developed bridge recombinases, a revolutionary gene-editing tool that can insert or replace nearly 1 million DNA bases — far surpassing CRISPR's capabilities.
Astronaut Sunita Williams, stranded on the ISS due to technical issues, broke the women's record for total spacewalk time with 62 hours outside the station.
Young voters powered a wave of civic engagement in 2025 US elections, driving turnout to its highest levels in decades and reshaping the political landscape.
Australia announced it will provide at least three hours of free solar-generated electricity per day to all households — even those without solar panels — thanks to massive renewable energy capacity.
Despite devastating losses, bereaved families from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are building peace where politics has failed, recognizing their 'shared colour of tears'.
