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Bite-sized insights on how the world is changing, written by our team
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Medicine and Biotechnology
https://ourworldindata.org/medicine-biotech
Published: December 15, 2025 00:00
Innovations in medicines and biotechnology have increased life expectancy and saved many lives. Explore how this happened, and how more progress can be made.
Top of the Charts: our most popular work in 2025
https://ourworldindata.org/top-of-the-charts-2025-redirect
Published: December 5, 2025 00:00
A look back at the most popular charts, articles, data insights, and more from Our World in Data in 2025.
Top of the Charts: our most popular work in 2025
https://ourworldindata.org/top-of-the-charts-2025
Published: December 4, 2025 00:00
A look back at the most popular charts, articles, data insights, and more from Our World in Data in 2025.
Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and livestock
https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass
Published: December 1, 2025 00:00
Humans and livestock make up 95% of the world’s mammal biomass; wild mammals are just 5%.
Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth
https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-biomass-dominance
Published: November 24, 2025 00:00
A small number of species dominate the distribution of wild mammal biomass.
The end of progress against extreme poverty?
https://ourworldindata.org/end-progress-extreme-poverty
Published: November 17, 2025 00:00
In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form of poverty is over.
Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?
https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications
Published: November 10, 2025 00:00
Anxiety affects at least hundreds of millions of people every year. What treatments are available, and how have they changed over time?
Introducing our new, more powerful search
https://ourworldindata.org/introducing-new-search
Published: November 6, 2025 00:00
Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit?
https://ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-smoking-health-risks
Published: November 3, 2025 00:00
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about vaping and its effects.
Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it
https://ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations
Published: October 20, 2025 04:00
Adding up the weight of very different materials doesn’t tell us about their scarcity, environmental, or socioeconomic impacts.