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For biology: - Various advancements in stem cell research. Eg: skin cells into stem cells. - The creation of a living organism with a completely synthetically
by hackerblues 15y ago
For biology:
- Various advancements in stem cell research. Eg: skin cells into stem cells.
- The creation of a living organism with a completely synthetically constructed genome.
- The sequencing of the human genome.
- Nearly all of neuroscience.
- alister 15y agoThose example are all technology. Astounding technology, sure, but still technology. They're not great theories or discoveries. (And by "discovery" I mean a discovery of something that exists in nature -- like plate tectonics -- not discovering a way to make something.)
- petervandijck 15y agoNeuroscience is a biggie. Finally getting much closer to really understanding consciousness.