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The Sciences Index lists the posts from 2018 through 2020 for each sub-topic. The sub-topics are organized from oldest post to newest.
I got the idea for three of the sub-topics from the Douglas Adams' book. Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the six-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction series" by British writer Douglas Adams. I threw in the fourth sub-topic, The Environment, and you'll find posts that cover every one of the subtopics immediately below.
Smithsonian's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of the Decade
Smithsonian's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of the Decade
POSTED JANUARY 3, 2020
POSTED JANUARY 3, 2020
The 2010's are over. Smithsonian Magazine looks back at the decade and gives us a summary of developments in the "most important and awe-inspiring areas of research...ten of the biggest strides made by scientists in the last ten years." [link below left] Four of the discoveries are in physics, five in biology, and one in the environmental area. Here's the list, some take away's from each and links to some posts that may be of interest. READ
The 2010's are over. Smithsonian Magazine looks back at the decade and gives us a summary of developments in the "most important and awe-inspiring areas of research...ten of the biggest strides made by scientists in the last ten years." [link below left] Four of the discoveries are in physics, five in biology, and one in the environmental area. Here's the list, some take away's from each and links to some posts that may be of interest. READ
Note: Covid-19 Science Posts from Feb 2020 through Aug 2021 can be found here.
2018
Killer Whale says 'Hello'
The Ambitious Quest to Treat Aging Like a Disease
The genetic history of Ice Age Europe
Plants colonized Earth 100 million years earlier than thought
Spoken language reveals how people develop and mature
Dinosaurs - Out and In With a Bang!
Clues to the Origins of Life
"Dawn of Humanity"
Stopping Cancer in its Tracks
The Body Clock
Key aspects of human cell aging reversed by new compounds
Wheat genome decoded
The Biodiversity Paradox and the "Great Dying"
Does this Canadian cave hold the answer to antibiotic resistance?
Medical Progress: Three Encouraging Stories
Scientists discover ancient Mayan city hidden under Guatemalan jungle
Bee colony collapse update
The Sixth Extinction
2019
How did first humans migrate to Australia?
Beyond bee colony collapse: an insect "apocalypse" ?
What if that asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had missed?
Two from the journal "Nature" - cats' names and the death of a pioneer
Monsters in the mists of time
The Human Microbiome Project
Scientists tackle well-being: nature, the sea and work in the age of automation
Cosmic expansion (11 bya), complex life (3 bya), Ebola drugs (2019)
U.S. gene-editing trials underway
How to permanently end disease
2020
Our under-rated sense of smell
Note: Covid-19 Science Posts from Feb 2020 through Aug 2021 can be found here.
2021
Life's origins and perils
Life extension and aging: what will the next breakthrough be?
2018
Why You (Probably) Shouldn't Worry About Earth's Magnetic Poles Flipping
Rare Super Blue Blood Moon
Signal detected from 'cosmic dawn'
'Tunguska'-Size Asteroid Makes Surprise Flyby of Earth
The Kilauea Eruption
What kept early galaxies from blowing themselves apart?
Cosmic mysteries: the search for dark matter and dark energy
Supernova 1987A time lapse created by University of Toronto grad student
2019
Japan finds huge cache of "rare earth" elements
"Why Does the World Exist?" Redux
Dark energy and cosmic expansion
The discoveries that won the 2019 Nobel Physics award
The past and future of the rings of Saturn
A tale of science: the Milky Way's age
2020
Why is the universe expanding faster now?
The Birth of a Planet
The Search for Life: Superhabitable Planets
The Christmas Star makes a rare appearance
Top Science Stories of 2020
2021
What happened before the Big Bang?
Cosmic mysteries: the multiverse
2018
Virtual Reality Tourism
Physicists create new form of light: Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons
The fully autonomous self-driving car is just around the corner.
What is the Singularity and will you live to see it?
China Wraps Up 1-Year Mock Moon Mission
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Building Blocks of Life on Mars
IBM Supercomputer "Summit" to Vie for World's Fastest Computer
Another Try at Harnessing Fusion
Nuclear fusion reactors: we finally see light at the end of the tunnel
InSight Lands on Mars
2019
China lands a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon
Virtual Reality in Education
Feeding spacefarers on a journey that lasts millennia
Advances in the world of artificial intelligence
Moon Landing: Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary
Recently discovered "missing link" planets may be able to support life
Future Humans: Genetic Modifications for Space Travel and Climate Change
The promise of quantum computing
Google reportedly attains "quantum supremacy" - what's next?
AI: Neural Networks and Neuroevolution
2020
Fusion Energy Breakthroughs
Isaac Asimov and the future that is now
It's 2020. Where are all the self-driving cars?
We are going back to the Moon
2021
Going to Mars
Can we stop a killer asteroid from hitting Earth?
Advances in the world of artificial intelligence
The increasingly encouraging pursuit of limitless clean energy: a nuclear fusion update
A.I. trends and developments: the pandemic and beyond
The Return to Space: An Update
The Environment
The Environment
2018
Saving the World's Coral Reefs
Honeybee Colony Collapse May Be Abating (a little)
Want a World Without Blackouts? Power the Future With Renewable Energy
New Study: Eat Your Strawberries Before Climate Change Wipes Them Out
Earth Day 2018
Study Finds Major Shifts in Global Freshwater
Sea level will rise more than previously estimated
Belize Coral Reef Delisted
"This is the face of climate change"
'Abrupt thaw' of permafrost beneath lakes could significantly affect climate change models
Day Zero: the coming global water crisis and what we can do about it (sep)
IPCC issues a final call to halt a climate catastrophe
2019
Scientists turn CO2 back into solid carbon
Coping with climate change: from the Himalayas to the Arctic
2020
Poisons, natural ecosystems and sustainability
Earth Day - Then and Now
Climate change: future hurricanes may cause havoc inland
2021
Preparing for a radically changed planet
Carbon capture: an emerging tool in the climate change kit
IPCC's stark warning
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