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Radio astronomy
Subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies
| January 2025 | Astronomers discovered radio waves from a galaxy approximately 2 billion light-years away, believed to be over 11 billion years old, associated with a galaxy previously thought to be inactive. |
Arab world
Geographical and cultural region in Africa and the Middle East
| April 2025 | Saudi Arabia planned to pay off Syria's $15 million World Bank debt, indicating increased diplomatic and economic engagement with the new Syrian government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa. |
DNA sequencing
Process of determining the nucleic acid sequence
| March 4 2025 | China's Ministry of Commerce prohibited the export of Illumina gene sequencers to China. |
Pokémon
Japanese media franchise
| April 1 2025 | Garuda Indonesia introduced an Airbus A330-300 (PK-GPY) with a Pikachu wearing Batik, becoming the first Airbus widebody aircraft with a Pokémon-themed livery. |
FIFA Club World Cup
Association football tournament for clubs
| April 23 2025 | Alajuelense's case is scheduled to be heard in Madrid regarding the tournament participation. |
Cooperative banking
Type of retail or commercial bank organized cooperatively
| January 2025 | The Financial Supervisory Authority banned the Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus eG from granting loans due to defaulted loans, low equity ratio, and structural risks identified through press investigation. |
Pickleball
Racket or paddle sport
| April 2025 | DUPR moved the Collegiate National Championship (CNC) to April to better align with school year schedules. |
Evidence-based medicine
Illness diagnosis
| June 15 2021 | Science-Based Medicine published a book review by founding editor Harriet Hall of Abigail Shrier's book 'Irreversible Damage', which discussed scientific concerns about drug treatments for gender dysphoria in children. |
Space exploration
Exploration of space
| April 2025 | CNSA narrows site selection for Chang'e-8 mission to a plateau near Mons Mouton (Leibnitz Beta) in the lunar south pole region, as reported by media. |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
International environmental treaty
| March 2025 | Bill Gates dissolved the Breakthrough Energy units working in Europe and the United States public policy, citing ineffectiveness during the Second Trump administration's promotion of fossil fuels. |
Mortal Kombat
Video game series and multimedia franchise
| March 19 2025 | Karl Urban is set to portray Johnny Cage in the upcoming film. |
Same-sex marriage
Marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
| April 7 2025 | Governor Jared Polis signed SB25-014 into law, effectively removing the ban on same-sex marriage in Colorado and implementing marriage equality. |
Solar System
The Sun and objects orbiting it
| March 2025 | Additional planned Mars flyby for the Europa Clipper mission during March 2025. |
Public finance
Study of the role of government within the economy
| February 23 2025 | Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced a new sovereign wealth fund called Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara), expected to manage $900 billion in assets, with an initial $20 billion targeting natural resource processing, artificial intelligence, energy, and food security. |
Star Wars
American epic space opera media franchise
| April 2025 | At Star Wars Celebration Japan, a new animated series 'Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord' was announced, featuring Sam Witwer returning to voice Maul and focusing on his efforts to rebuild the Shadow Collective criminal syndicate after the Clone Wars. |
Gross domestic product
Market value of goods and services produced within a country
| April 2025 | International Monetary Fund releases World Economic Outlook (WEO) Database, April 2025 Edition, providing updated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) projections using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) methodology for various countries. |
DC Extended Universe
Shared fictional universe
| January 2025 | Director Andy Muschietti reflects on the film's critical and commercial performance, claiming it failed to appeal to all audience quadrants and that many audiences, especially women, did not care about the Flash character. |
Particle physics
Study of subatomic particles and forces
| March 2025 | LHCb announced discovery of CP violation in baryon decays with a deviation from zero of 5.2 standard deviations. |
Power Rangers
American entertainment and merchandising franchise
| April 2 2025 | Toei President & CEO Fumio Yoshimura reveals that Toei and Saban are not involved in the live-action Power Rangers reboot. |
Kabaddi
Contact team rural sport popular in South Asia
| March 13 2025 | Announced as the venue for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Under Siege livestreaming special scheduled for May 23, 2025. |
Grand Theft Auto
Video game series
| February 2025 | Reports suggest Rockstar Online Modding Engine might potentially replace FiveM. |
Aerospace engineering
Branch of engineering
| March 2025 | Michael Waltz mentioned the term 'tiger team' in a leaked Signal chat regarding an anticipated strike against the Houthis. |
Transport Layer Security
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
| February 2025 | Mozilla Firefox desktop version 135 began requiring Certificate Transparency for all certificates issued by a certificate authority in Mozilla's Root CA Program. |
Emergency management
Dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies
| March 2025 | Michael Waltz mentioned the term 'tiger team' in a leaked Signal chat regarding an anticipated strike against the Houthis. |
Physical cosmology
Branch of cosmology which studies mathematical models of the universe
| March 2025 | The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration published a survey on baryon acoustic oscillations, finding violations of the Lambda-CDM cosmological model within 4 standard deviations. The survey suggested stronger universal acceleration in the early universe, potentially indicating the presence of phantom energy. |
Forbes
American business magazine
| April 2025 | Forbes published its 39th annual list of the world's billionaires, identifying a record 3,028 billionaires with a total net wealth of $16.1 trillion, representing an increase of 247 members and $1.9 trillion from the previous year. |
Assassin's Creed
Video game series
| March 2025 | Assassin's Creed Shadows, the successor to Mirage set in Japan during the Sengoku period, is released. |
Ransomware
Malicious software used in ransom demands
| March 2025 | Cybersecurity researchers reported that a ransomware group called Mora_001 used a variant of LockBit 3.0 to create a new ransomware strain called SuperBlack, suggesting possible operational links between the groups. |
West Asia
Subregion of the Asian continent
| April 2025 | Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a major expansion of security zones, seizing large swaths of land and ordering evacuation of Gaza's population, amidst ongoing airstrikes causing civilian casualties. |
Theoretical computer science
Subfield of computer science and mathematics
| April 14 2025 | BCTCS 41 to be held at the University of Strathclyde from April 14-16, organized by Alasdair Lambert, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, and Sean Watters. |
Strategic management
Planning for a company's responses to external issues
| August 2022 | Dirk Dembski defended a doctoral dissertation at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, titled 'Innovating Innovation Management in the Medical Device SME Sector Through Coopetition', exploring open-source coopetition in the European medical devices market. |