Speculation about alien life, a new nitrogen map, AI as a thesis supervisor, groundbreaking telescopes and multi-million-euro investments to combat antimicrobial resistance - the diversity of these topics shows that our readers are just as broadly interested as our researchers. Discover the most-read articles of 2025 here.
These are the most-read articles of 2025
- Speculations about extraterrestrial life peak in news articles (and in scientists' quotes)
- Updated nitrogen map and new strategy: How can we meet the nitrogen targets?
- Experiment: Leiden University student writes thesis with just AI tools for supervision
- Over a million euros for two studies on solutions to antimicrobial resistance
- Special telescope measures neutrino with the highest energy ever
Note: This Top 5 reflects the most-read Dutch-language articles.

#1 Extraterrestrial life: examining speculation and expectations
Research into nearly 30 years of communication about astrobiology shows how both press releases and media speculate about alien life. And it's not just journalists who do so…
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