Here is a list of scientific and engineering news of 2025, ranked by potential impact. I like the idea of considering both the probability that a finding holds up and how important it’d be. If it turns out to be true.
My biggest criticism is that some of the findings aren’t sufficiently new to change our perceptions. For example, it has been known for a long time that life on Earth arose soon after this became physically possible. That the last universal common ancestor lived 4.2 billion years ago therefore isn’t that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.
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