The Top 11 Science Stories of 2017!!!

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This is the end…

Of all elaborate science stories…

The end…

Of done for me lately’s and animal corners…

The end…

We’ll never disclaimer in 2017…

Again…

My friends…

But before we go,

and come back again in 2018…

We will picture what has been…

A year so limitless in discovery…

That it cannot be captured in ten…

And while 12 might not seem to many…

We will limit ourselves to but eleven…

Top Science stories of 2017

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Number 11 – Politics and Science

2017 was a year that the simmering relationship between science and politics seemed to come to a full boil.

Number 10 – Human evolution

Several studies from various lines of inquiry into human origins began to weave together into a cohesive tale.

Number 9 – Stem cells & aging

With new teeth, hair cells, and hypothalamic discoveries among others, stem cell science showed a lot of promise this year for the rejuvenation of the aged.

Number 8 – NASA planetary exploration

With the end of Cassini, the work of Juno and the Mars rovers, and the continuation of the Voyager spacecraft missions, NASA spent the year inspiring us to look outward and beyond the confines of our home planet.

Number 7 – DNA storage

This is the year that researchers figured out how to make the informational capacity of DNA less prone to errors over time, and showed the potential of the helical material to store the things we care about… like movies.