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The Brief October 27, 2025

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TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame

Best Inventions 2025 Tech

The most iconic inventions of the past 25 years

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How We Chose the Best Inventions of 2025

The result is 300 groundbreaking inventions that are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what’s possible.

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Why Aid Is Crucial to the Gaza Cease-fire
- ByAnna Halford
Trump’s Domestic Pressures for a Potential War in Venezuela
- ByJavier Corrales
Women Hold the Key to Ending Polio
- ByDr. Tunji Funsho
Why Somalia Is at a Crossroads
- ByOmar S Mahmood

The Best Inventions of 2025

Here are the 300 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.

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AI

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A Timeline of OpenAI's For-Profit Shift
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OpenAI Removed Safeguards Before Teen's Suicide: Lawsuit
by Nikita Ostrovsky
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The Ancient Principle That Can Help Us Spot AI Fakes
by Nadav Ziv and Sam Wineburg

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A Timeline of OpenAI's For-Profit Shift

by Nikita Ostrovsky

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The Ancient Principle That Can Help Us Spot AI Fakes

by Nadav Ziv and Sam Wineburg

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OpenAI Removed Safeguards Before Teen's Suicide: Lawsuit

by Nikita Ostrovsky

Tech
At TIME100 Impact Dinner, Leaders Discuss AI and the Future of Fashion
by Tharin Pillay
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Ideas
When it Comes to AI, What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us
by Yoshua Bengio and Charlotte Stix
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At TIME100 Impact Dinner, Leaders Discuss AI and the Future of Fashion
by Tharin Pillay
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When it Comes to AI, What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us
by Yoshua Bengio and Charlotte Stix
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The Push to Ban Superintelligence
by Billy Perrigo and Tharin Pillay
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How to Get the Most Out of AI
by Tharin Pillay
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Health

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Horror Movies Can Make You Feel Less Anxious
by Delaney Rebernik
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The Tales Told By DNA in Ancient Poop
by Veronique Greenwood
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What Menopause Does to the Brain
by Lauryn Higgins

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Horror Movies Can Make You Feel Less Anxious

by Delaney Rebernik

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What Menopause Does to the Brain

by Lauryn Higgins

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The Tales Told By DNA in Ancient Poop

by Veronique Greenwood

Health
4 Ways to Get Happier As You Age
by Angela Haupt
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Is It Bad to Shower With Contacts In?
by Holly Burns
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4 Ways to Get Happier As You Age
by Angela Haupt
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Is It Bad to Shower With Contacts In?
by Holly Burns
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Why Your Health Insurance Costs Keep Rising
by Alana Semuels
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The Worst Thing to Say to Someone With ADHD
by Angela Haupt
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Climate

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Hurricane Melissa Intensifies to Category 5
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Hurricane Melissa to Make 'Catastrophic' Landfall in Jamaica
by Rebecca Schneid
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Americans Aren't Sold on Cheap Chinese EVs—Yet
by Justin Worland

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Hurricane Melissa Intensifies to Category 5

by Solcyré Burga

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Americans Aren't Sold on Cheap Chinese EVs—Yet

by Justin Worland

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Hurricane Melissa to Make 'Catastrophic' Landfall in Jamaica

by Rebecca Schneid

Climate
Trump Axed NOAA's Climate Disaster Data. This Group Saved It
by Jeffrey Kluger
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One Unexpected Climate Benefit of Trump’s Tariffs
by Justin Worland
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Trump Axed NOAA's Climate Disaster Data. This Group Saved It
by Jeffrey Kluger
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One Unexpected Climate Benefit of Trump’s Tariffs
by Justin Worland
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Is 2025 a 'Quiet' Hurricane Year?
by Simmone Shah
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The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed
by Simmone Shah
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Entertainment

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Breaking Down the Unsettling Ending of The Asset
by Isabella Wandermurem
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How Realistic Is 'A House of Dynamite'?
by Jake Kring-Schreifels
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Vince Gilligan Is Breaking Good
by Judy Berman

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Breaking Down the Unsettling Ending of The Asset

by Isabella Wandermurem

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Vince Gilligan Is Breaking Good

by Judy Berman

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How Realistic Is 'A House of Dynamite'?

by Jake Kring-Schreifels

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'IT: Welcome to Derry' Premiere, Explained
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Ethan Hawke Is Sensational in Blue Moon
by Stephanie Zacharek
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'IT: Welcome to Derry' Premiere, Explained
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Ethan Hawke Is Sensational in Blue Moon
by Stephanie Zacharek
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Breaking Down the Shattering Ending of Invasion Season 3
by JP Mangalindan
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The True Story Behind 'Deliver Me From Nowhere'
by Jake Kring-Schreifels
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