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<title>Our World in Data</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicine and Biotechnology]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/medicine-biotech</id>
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            <published>2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Tuna Acisu</name></author><author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Innovations in medicines and biotechnology have increased life expectancy and saved many lives. Explore how this happened, and how more progress can be made.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/medicine-biotech"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d51cf2b6-5a2d-4e28-eb37-583917055a00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top of the Charts: our most popular work in 2025]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/top-of-the-charts-2025-redirect</id>
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            <published>2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Our World in Data team</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[A look back at the most popular charts, articles, data insights, and more from Our World in Data in 2025.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/top-of-the-charts-2025-redirect"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ddab06f1-a4f4-4b0f-24e2-c376b650a600/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Top of the Charts: our most popular work in 2025]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/top-of-the-charts-2025</id>
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            <published>2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Our World in Data team</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[A look back at the most popular charts, articles, data insights, and more from Our World in Data in 2025.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/top-of-the-charts-2025"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ddab06f1-a4f4-4b0f-24e2-c376b650a600/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and livestock]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass</id>
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            <published>2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Humans and livestock make up 95% of the world’s mammal biomass; wild mammals are just 5%.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b86e8e53-9470-425a-0c59-7529f31e6200/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-biomass-dominance</id>
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            <published>2025-11-24T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[A small number of species dominate the distribution of wild mammal biomass.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-biomass-dominance"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/44fe312c-c616-4780-34d9-f1828e1f7e00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The end of progress against extreme poverty?]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/end-progress-extreme-poverty</id>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/end-progress-extreme-poverty"/>
            <published>2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[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.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/end-progress-extreme-poverty"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/baec824b-408e-4d76-5e06-3817b5b0b600/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications</id>
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            <published>2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Tuna Acisu</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Anxiety affects at least hundreds of millions of people every year. What treatments are available, and how have they changed over time?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9a86b91f-d6ca-44b9-389d-cced0aa44200/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Introducing our new, more powerful search]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/introducing-new-search</id>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/introducing-new-search"/>
            <published>2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Matthieu Bergel</name></author><author><name>Sophia Mersmann</name></author><author><name>Marwa Boukarim</name></author><author><name>Martin Račák</name></author><author><name>Joe Hasell</name></author><author><name>Charlie Giattino</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/introducing-new-search"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/31f2adef-3472-48f6-1dfc-e04a61045f00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[While vaping is not risk-free, it is less harmful than tobacco]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-smoking-health-risks</id>
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            <published>2025-11-03T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about vaping and its effects.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-smoking-health-risks"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/54a3ed6a-16c9-4cf8-c5af-ef7bb9a89b00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations</id>
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            <published>2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Adding up the weight of very different materials doesn’t tell us about their scarcity, environmental, or socioeconomic impacts.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/920609d4-e819-4a82-d01a-821ca39f4a00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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