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Intensive care medicine
Medical care subspecialty
| July 2022 | Wanda Palmer awakens and identifies her brother Daniel Palmer as her attacker. |
Silicon Valley
Technology hub in California
| March 19 2025 | SoftBank Group announced its plan to acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion, with the deal set to close in the second half of 2025. Ampere will remain an independent subsidiary with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. |
Physical cosmology
Branch of cosmology which studies mathematical models of the universe
| March 2025 | The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration published a survey on baryon acoustic oscillations, finding violations of the Lambda-CDM cosmological model within 4 standard deviations. The survey suggested stronger universal acceleration in the early universe, potentially indicating the presence of phantom energy. |
West Asia
Subregion of the Asian continent
| March 2025 | Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov conducted an inspection of navy training in the Caspian Sea, which included live-fire exercises and underwater training. The Russian Ministry of Defence simultaneously announced the ongoing construction of new naval infrastructure, including over 2 kilometers of docking and servicing facilities for the Caspian Sea Flotilla, along with a new headquarters building. |
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. |
Pickleball
Racket or paddle sport
| February 2025 | NCPA plans to hold its national championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, with over 200 colleges and universities participating in regional and national events |
Forbes
American business magazine
| January 1 2025 | Sherry Phillips was scheduled to become the new CEO of Forbes, marking a significant leadership transition for the company. |
Same-sex marriage
Marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
| March 2025 | Representative Ilana Rubel introduced an unsuccessful bill to repeal the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. |
Arab world
Geographical and cultural region in Africa and the Middle East
| March 2025 | Massacres of Syrian Alawites in western Syria resulted in targeted killings of non-Alawite religious minorities, including Christians, with many fleeing to the mountains. |
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. |
Star Wars
American epic space opera media franchise
| March 2025 | Star Wars: Jedi Knights comic series launched, covering events up to 32 BBY, written by Marc Guggenheim |
Evidence-based medicine
Illness diagnosis
| June 15 2021 | Science-Based Medicine published a book review by founding editor Harriet Hall of Abigail Shrier's book 'Irreversible Damage', which discussed scientific concerns about drug treatments for gender dysphoria in children. |
Caucasus
Region spanning Europe and Asia
| March 2025 | Chechnya blocked the Telegram app due to concerns it could be used by 'enemies'. |
Radio astronomy
Subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies
| January 2025 | Astronomers discovered radio waves from a galaxy approximately 2 billion light-years away, believed to be over 11 billion years old, associated with a galaxy previously thought to be inactive. |
Kabaddi
Contact team rural sport popular in South Asia
| March 13 2025 | Announced as the venue for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Under Siege livestreaming special scheduled for May 23, 2025. |
Investment management
Professional asset management of securities for the benefit of investors
| June 2022 | Spear's Wealth Management Survey provides insights into family offices, describing them as private companies supporting wealthy families' complex wealth management and strategy needs across multiple jurisdictions. |
System on a chip
Micro-electronic component
| April 2 2025 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, a 4 nm chipset with a heterogeneous CPU configuration including a 3.2 GHz Cortex-X4 core, multiple Cortex-A720 cores, and an Adreno 825 GPU. |
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four
2021–22 group of superhero films and television series
| December 16 2023 | Judianna Makovsky wins Outstanding Costume Design/Styling at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards for the Holiday Special |
Grand Theft Auto
Video game series
| January 1 2025 | A Reddit user posted a photograph and two videos of a PlayStation 5 development kit running the game, reportedly taken at a Rockstar office in mid-2021. |
Mortal Kombat
Video game series and multimedia franchise
| March 19 2025 | Karl Urban is set to portray Johnny Cage in the upcoming film. |
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. |
Assassin's Creed
Video game series
| March 2025 | Assassin's Creed Shadows, the successor to Mirage set in Japan during the Sengoku period, is released. |
Cooperative banking
Type of retail or commercial bank organized cooperatively
| January 2025 | The Financial Supervisory Authority banned the Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus eG from granting loans due to defaulted loans, low equity ratio, and structural risks identified through press investigation. |
Gundam
Japanese media franchise
| March 2025 | The Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga was announced to be on hiatus until 13 June 2025. |
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. |
Transport Layer Security
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
| February 2025 | Mozilla Firefox desktop version 135 began requiring Certificate Transparency for all certificates issued by a certificate authority in Mozilla's Root CA Program. |
FIFA Club World Cup
Association football tournament for clubs
| March 21 2025 | León was removed from the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup tournament following a successful case against Grupo Pachuca's multi-club ownership. |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Japanese manga series by Hirohiko Araki
| March 2025 | Viz Media completes hardcover volume release of the manga. |
Pokémon
Japanese media franchise
| April 1 2025 | Garuda Indonesia introduced an Airbus A330-300 (PK-GPY) with a Pikachu wearing Batik, becoming the first Airbus widebody aircraft with a Pokémon-themed livery. |
Star Trek
American science fiction media franchise
| March 2025 | Melanie Scrofano announced to be returning in her recurring role as Pike's girlfriend Captain Marie Batel. |