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2025 news review

From the US war on science to a brand-new colour, read New Scientist’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories and most stunning images of 2025
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We'll learn about Ozempic's potential for Alzheimer's disease in 2025

Two later-stage trials investigating semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic, for treating Alzheimer's disease are due to complete in 2025, with potentially big results

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Jacklyn Gates (Staff Scientist, Heavy Element Group) at the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator, BGS, in Building 88 on Monday, July 8, 2024 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif. Experts in the Nuclear Science Division use the 88-Inch Cyclotron to test a new way to make superheavy element 116, livermorium.

Physics

We could discover a new element on the periodic table in 2025

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Genus CRISPR edited pig

Environment

Disease-resistant pork may go on sale in 2025 thanks to gene editing

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The world?s largest Direct Air Capture facility from 1PointFive, STRATOS, currently being developed in Ector County, TX

Environment

Direct CO2 capture from the atmosphere will scale up massively in 2025

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (14937083f) Activists stage a protest during a press conference in Blue Zone during United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29, an event held by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku Olympic Stadium. COP29, running from November 11-22 focuses on climate funding. UN Climate Conference COP29 in Baku - Day eleven, Azerbaijan - 22 Nov 2024

Environment

COP30 host Brazil aims to get 2025 climate talks back on track

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Space

These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025

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The eye of Hurricane Beryl on 1 July

Earth

The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024

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Mathematics

Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter on Mars

Space

NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success

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Life

The most inspiring conservation success stories in 2024

Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and scientists found a way to protect frogs from deadly infections

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Space

The best space images from 2024

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Environment

The most encouraging climate solutions and green technologies of 2024

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Technology

The best and weirdest photos of robots from 2024

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Technology

From Tesla to Trump, Elon Musk had a very busy 2024

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