At the end of 2025 Futurity published a list of the site’s top ten research news posts. The stories came from many areas, including veterinary care, energy, archaeology, neuroscience, nutrition, materials science and environmental health.
The list included practical advice about fleas in pets and a story about solid-state batteries moving closer to everyday use. Other reports showed a 45% rise in Maya population estimates, eye changes that could warn of Alzheimer’s, and research on protein after training. Researchers also examined human arrival dates in Australia, special lenses that make infrared light visible, a sleeping pill that affected brain cleaning, and a supplement that may lower PFAS levels.
Difficult words
- veterinary — medical care for sick or injured animals
- archaeology — study of past human life and objects
- neuroscience — study of the brain and nervous system
- material — substance used to make thingsmaterials
- environmental — connected with the natural world
- estimate — a careful guess about a numberestimates
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Discussion questions
- Which topic from the list would you like to read more about and why?
- Would you prefer a story about pets or about batteries? Which and why?
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