Some of the most high profile science news of this past decade have been in cloning and martian robotics
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Or you could say Scientific CONgress...
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Narrator: it was not the last time.
It took republicans a while to full dismantle everything. Their almost done now so, yay?
I want to help them build that wall, so we can keep them inside, and watch what happens when a government does everything opposite of good.
Also scientists today: Vaccines do not cause autism and actually work.
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Sorry but due to new government policy it is illegal to study or even acknowledge weather
weather leads to climate, climate leads to fear...
Fear... leads to sOcIaLiSm!
You mentioned diverse weather conditions in your grant application, and we can't have that.
THIS ISNT EVEN AN EXAGGERATION.
We are so fucking cooked.
Well, while I agree that things are pretty shit and regressive, let's not downplay the achievements we've had in the past 10 years:
- Completion of The Standard Model of Physics with the detection of the Higgs Boson.
- mRNA technology, which is now a serious candidate for curing HIV, and is potentially capable of being used against most viral diseases.
- Imaging a black hole. Doing it again. Providing more proof of general relativity.
- Measuring gravity waves. Doing it as a normal measurement now.
- Salt batteries are finally reaching the market, which will eventually end the destructive mining and refinement of lithium.
- The James Webb Space Telescope, which was already making breakthroughs and creating new questions within the first 3 months of activation.
- Solar power becoming incredibly cost effective.
- Cybernetic limbs for the physically disabled. Yes, cybernetic limbs.
- Though overused; medication that effectively combats eating disorders.
These are just the ones I know from the top of my head.
Thank you. With all the awfull stuff going on the atm I tend to forget all the amazing things we humans still achieve.
I don’t want to downplay some of the amazing things in this list but i dint think the standard model of physics as made by humans can ever be completed.
What did happen is that something like HB must exists in order to make most of other things work. Now that we know HB is verifiably real we tied up a major loose end.
But there is still many stuff unanswered and a “complete model” would require constant revision.
The standard model of physics is not implying it has the answer to everything, or that there is nothing new to discover. The standard model of physics is the periodic table for fundamental particles. The bits that make up all the other parts.
How are you certain there are no undiscovered fundamental particles involved to quantum gravity and dark matter?
The periodic table is predictive. From a few elements, the rest could be projected and expected, like the Higgs-Boson. The table makes no predictions for things we cannot measure and are in fact theoretical, like dark matter which lacks any empirical evidence. Would be awesome if it did because then it wouldn't be theoretical anymore.
Periodic table is for atoms. I think you are mixing it up with the standard model, which is for subatomic particles.
They're both the same thing for a different area.
Whats the difference between expecting and predicting here?
BH was theoretical at first. The new breakthrough was empirical evidence.
Do not mix theory with hypothesis. A theory in science is a very big deal and needs a lot to be true in order to even reach theory status (which is why "string theory" isn't a theory. More like "string idea").
Don't forget CRISPR-Cas9 allowing reliable and precise gene editing in living organisms.
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Yes, the vaccines are... Are you feeding that baby unpasteurized milk?!? What the fuck, guys?
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am I old or does nobody remember the name Dolly?
I seem to recall something about her working 9 to 5 and having an arch-nemesis called Jolene.
EDIT: Wait! Wait! I remembered! There was a sheep called Dolly who was a workaholic who had herself cloned to spend more time with her partner!
EDIT 2: Ok, I just did a web search. I was way off.
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