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"Memes are few and far between in 2025, but there are still some good ones. Why are memes so rare? Simply put: TikTok. The heart of digital culture has migrated to TikTok, which is a short-form video platform. So there remain memes of a sort — they're mostly called TikTok trends — but the text-and-image-based memes of years past? Those are harder to come by. Another reason for that? Twitter (RIP). When Elon Musk bought the app and then reimagined it as X, well, that fractured the central text-based social platform. Previously, a meme was born on Twitter, then worked its way to Reddit, then Instagram, then, weeks later, Facebook. With X becoming increasingly difficult to use and less popular, that lifecycle has mostly disappeared. But memes, to some extent, persist. On TikTok, Bluesky, Instagram, and, yes, even X. We've tracked them closely and collected 12 of the best memes of 2025."

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"In cultural criticism, every year ends the same way — with a deluge of top 10 lists for every imaginable art form, as though music and literature and film and TV and theater and dance all produce precisely that many works worth commemorating per 365-day period. It's a benign fiction, one that gives critics an excuse to issue a final endorsement for the art that has stuck with us over many months and gives readers help prioritizing their various queues as we all mark time together. Still, some years do feel more resistant to culling and ranking than others."

"In 2025, our science reporters followed the first confirmed glimpse of a colossal squid and a rare look at dinosaur blood vessels. We watched the odds of a future asteroid impact climb to higher-than-normal levels — then drop back down to zero. We parsed headlines on a blood test to detect cancer and a beloved pair of coyotes in New York City's Central Park. Throughout it all, many of us read extended works of science nonfiction, pulling back the curtain on tuberculosis, evolution, and the Arctic. With this annual list, Smithsonian magazine's writers and editors seek to highlight books that tackle a handful of science topics and present varied perspectives."

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"It's time once again for a final look back at the technology that said farewell in 2025. From stalwarts like Skype to AI devices that never had a chance, everything on this list made its way to the digital trash heap over the last 12 months."

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