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TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame

Best Inventions 2025 Tech

The most iconic inventions of the past 25 years

by Merrill Fabry

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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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Voices

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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OpenAI Completes Reorganization
by Chantelle Lee
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A New Bill Would Prohibit Minors from Using AI Chatbots
by Tharin Pillay
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Is AI Really Ready For Robots?
by Billy Perrigo

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OpenAI Completes Reorganization

by Chantelle Lee

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Is AI Really Ready For Robots?

by Billy Perrigo

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing Artificial Intelligence And The Future Of Journalism — Kent Nishimura—Getty Images

A New Bill Would Prohibit Minors from Using AI Chatbots

by Tharin Pillay

Tech
How Grokipedia Describes Elon Musk
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
Tech
Tech
A Timeline of OpenAI's For-Profit Shift
by Nikita Ostrovsky
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Tech
How Grokipedia Describes Elon Musk
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
Tech
Tech
A Timeline of OpenAI's For-Profit Shift
by Nikita Ostrovsky
Tech
Tech
OpenAI Removed Safeguards Before Teen's Suicide: Lawsuit
by Nikita Ostrovsky
Tech
Ideas
The Ancient Principle That Can Help Us Spot AI Fakes
by Nadav Ziv and Sam Wineburg
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Health

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Halloween Treats Dentists and RDs Love
by Angela Haupt
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Texas Sues Tylenol Makers Over Claims of Links to Autism
by Solcyré Burga
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Exercise Protects Women’s Hearts More
by Alice Park

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Halloween Treats Dentists and RDs Love

by Angela Haupt

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Exercise Protects Women’s Hearts More

by Alice Park

Trump Administration To Reportedly Link Tylenol Use During Pregnancy To Autism — Getty Images—2025 Getty Images

Texas Sues Tylenol Makers Over Claims of Links to Autism

by Solcyré Burga

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

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Climate Inaction is Leading to Millions of Deaths Each Year
by Simmone Shah
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Government Shutdown Puts Millions At Risk of Not Being Able to Heat Their Homes
by Simmone Shah
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Why Are We Seeing More Category 5 Storms?
by Simmone Shah

Hazy Sunrise in New York City — Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Climate Inaction is Leading to Millions of Deaths Each Year

by Simmone Shah

Hurricane Melissa Threatens Catastrophic Flooding In Jamaica And Haiti — Photo by NOAA via Getty Images

Why Are We Seeing More Category 5 Storms?

by Simmone Shah

Home energy costs are on the rise. As the government shutdown continues, it could get harder for low-income families to afford their heating bills. — Getty Images—catnap72

Government Shutdown Puts Millions At Risk of Not Being Able to Heat Their Homes

by Simmone Shah

Climate
Hurricane Melissa Strikes Jamaica With Catastrophic Strength
by Solcyré Burga and Chantelle Lee
Climate
Climate
Hurricane Melissa to Make 'Catastrophic' Landfall in Jamaica
by Rebecca Schneid
Climate
Climate
Hurricane Melissa Strikes Jamaica With Catastrophic Strength
by Solcyré Burga and Chantelle Lee
Climate
Climate
Hurricane Melissa to Make 'Catastrophic' Landfall in Jamaica
by Rebecca Schneid
Climate
Climate
Americans Aren't Sold on Cheap Chinese EVs—Yet
by Justin Worland
Climate
Climate
Trump Axed NOAA's Climate Disaster Data. This Group Saved It
by Jeffrey Kluger
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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

Vince Gilligan at The Mulberry Bar in NYC, on Oct. 8. — Amy Lombard for TIME

Vince Gilligan Is Breaking Good

by Judy Berman

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE — Courtesy of Netflix

How Realistic Is 'A House of Dynamite'?

by Jake Kring-Schreifels

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

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