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Book review

Technology

51¶¯Âþ changed the UK's freedom of information laws in 2025

By requesting copies of the then-UK technology secretary's ChatGPT logs, 51¶¯Âþ set a precedent for how freedom of information laws apply to chatbot interactions, helping to hold governments to account

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Space

Hopes of finding aliens were raised in 2025 – but quickly faded

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Health

The US beat back bird flu in 2025 – but the battle isn’t over

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2025 was the year of online safety laws – but do they work?

Technology

2025 was the year of online safety laws – but do they work?

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Ken MacLeod

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Author Ken MacLeod on the life and work of the late Iain M. Banks

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Environment

China's carbon emissions may have started to fall in 2025

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Life

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

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Life

A spectacular showcase of animal pictures from 2025

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Technology

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

The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks of the year’s most striking findings about prehistoric humans

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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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Comment

Our verdict on sci-fi novel Every Version of You: We (mostly) loved it

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