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Pokémon
Japanese media franchise
| May 30 2025 | Scarlet & Violet: Destined Rivals set released, continuing the Trainer's Pokémon theme with popular trainers like Cynthia, Ethan, Arven, Misty, Marnie, and Steven. |
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. |
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four
2021–22 group of superhero films and television series
| July 2025 | The third season of Marvel Studios: Legends commenced, with the first episode focusing on Wakanda's War Dogs. |
Public-key cryptography
Cryptographic system with public and private keys
| April 14 2025 | The CA/Browser Forum passed a ballot to reduce SSL/TLS certificates to a maximum 47-day term by March 15, 2029. |
Assassin's Creed
Video game series
| July 2025 | Netflix and Ubisoft announced Roberto Patino and David Wiener would produce the Assassin's Creed live-action series. |
Same-sex marriage
Marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
| August 4 2025 | Several high-profile LDP lawmakers formed the Parliamentary League for Protecting the Safety and Security of All Women and Ensuring Fairness in Women's Sports following the passage of the LGBT Understanding Promotion Act. |
Space exploration
Exploration of space
| July 4 2025 | President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, allocating $10 billion to NASA, including $4.1 billion for SLS rocket development for Artemis IV and V missions, effectively indicating the program's continuation. |
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. |
Kabaddi
Contact team rural sport popular in South Asia
| June 2 2025 | Pardeep Narwal announced his retirement from kabaddi at age 28, after going unsold in the 2025 Pro Kabaddi Auction. |
Physics beyond the Standard Model
Theories trying to extend known physics
| March 2025 | LHCb announced discovery of CP violation in baryon decays with a deviation from zero of 5.2 standard deviations. |
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. |
FIFA Club World Cup
Association football tournament for clubs
| June 27 2025 | Beginning of period where clubs can make limited changes to their final player lists, contingent on their member association's transfer window being open. |
System on a chip
Micro-electronic component
| July 2025 | Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 (SM7635-AC) released, with Redmi Note 15 Pro+ as a confirmed device |
Power Rangers
American entertainment and merchandising franchise
| May 2025 | Amulet Books published 'Force of Chaos', a young adult novel focused on Trini Kwan from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, written by Diana Ma. |
Mortal Kombat
Video game series and multimedia franchise
| May 2025 | exA-Arcadia announced a project to revive Tattoo Assassins using the original source code, including plans for bug fixes and new content. |
Epidemiology
Study of health and disease within a population
| June 4 2025 | As of the current date, 8 infectious diseases have been recorded as eradicated or on the verge of eradication globally. |
Transport Layer Security
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
| August 6 2025 | Let's Encrypt announced it will shut down its OCSP services. |
Pickleball
Racket or paddle sport
| June 14 2025 | Scheduled Special General Meetings for IPF and WPF to vote on the proposed organizational unification. |
Strategic management
Planning for a company's responses to external issues
| April 2025 | Osborne et al. published a comprehensive study examining open-coopetition in company-hosted open source software projects, focusing on AI frameworks PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face Transformers. The research provided new insights into corporate collaboration dynamics in open source environments, revealing variations in project governance and contribution patterns. |
Cooperative banking
Type of retail or commercial bank organized cooperatively
| July 11 2025 | BPER Banca acquired a majority stake of 58.49% in Banca Popolare di Sondrio, gaining control of the bank. |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Japanese manga series by Hirohiko Araki
| May 2025 | Viz Media releases the first volume of Steel Ball Run in North America. |
Star Wars
American epic space opera media franchise
| June 2025 | Mia Goth joins the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter. |
Silicon Valley
Technology hub in California
| June 2025 | Agency staff recommended terminating the Kiewit Shea Traylor contract due to cost disagreements, potentially adding 18 months of delay to the project. |
Human Development Index
Composite statistic of life expectancy
| May 9 2025 | Publication of HDI 2023 data report, ranking ASEAN countries' human development indices. Singapore leads with 0.946, followed by Brunei (0.837), Malaysia (0.819), and Thailand (0.810). |
Ransomware
Malicious software used in ransom demands
| May 2025 | A whistleblower using the alias GangExposed began publicly naming members of the Conti ransomware gang on Telegram, revealing key participants including Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev (leader), Vladimir Viktorovich Kvitko, Andrey Yuryevich Zhuykov, and Mikhail Mikhailovich Tsaryov. |
Star Trek
American science fiction media franchise
| June 2025 | The season's world premiere will be held at the Tribeca Festival, followed by a discussion with the cast and creators. |
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. |
Radio astronomy
Subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies
| April 2025 | SpaceX demolished the STARGATE building to make way for construction of its new GigaBay manufacturing facility. |
Arab world
Geographical and cultural region in Africa and the Middle East
| August 2025 | Turkish navy corvette TCG Kinaliada visits the port of Benghazi, indicating growing military engagement. |
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. |
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. |
Gross domestic product
Market value of goods and services produced within a country
| May 30 2025 | United States projected to be part of the Trillion Dollar Club in macroeconomics, representing a significant milestone in global economic status |
Health informatics
Computational approaches to health care
| June 13 2025 | Passed away at the age of 55, as reported by colleagues on social media. |