Year in Review
2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology
We look back at three of the biggest biology stories of 2024: a reconstruction of the ancient ancestor of all modern life, the discovery of a neural circuit that regulates the immune system, and artificial intelligence’s transformation of protein science.
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2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology
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2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics
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2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Math
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2023’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Math
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2023’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics
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2023’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Computer Science
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2023’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology and Neuroscience
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2022’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Math
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2021’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Math and Computer Science
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2021’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics
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2021’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology
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2020’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology
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2020’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Math and Computer Science
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2020’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics
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