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Life

Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been used to show this activity is mostly random noise

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Mathematics

Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics

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Environment

2025’s best photos of the natural world, from volcanoes to icebergs

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Space

Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?

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Quantum computing

Technology

‘Spectacular’ progress has been made towards useful quantum computers

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Life

A ghostly glow was seen emanating from living things in 2025

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Life

6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025

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Technology

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope went big in 2025

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Physics

Physicists used ‘dark photons’ in an effort to rewrite physics in 2025

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Space

More than 100 moons were discovered in our own solar system in 2025

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many more yet to be found

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Mathematics

Stephen Wolfram: ‘No AI has impressed me’

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Life

Tiny orange frog around the size of a pencil tip is brand-new species

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Environment

Alpine communities face uncertain future after 2025 glacier collapse

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Space

The best space pictures of 2025, from supernovae to moon landings

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