blog.wired.com — Scientists had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2008. After decades of work, researchers made rat stem cells, built the first memristor, and watched a language evolve like an organism. But none of those accomplishments impressed us as much as the breakthroughs on this list. From stem cell therapy to finding ice on Mars.
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cheesepufflyJan 6, 2009
Good it has water, but what the fudge is in that water?
Closed AccountJan 6, 2009
Well, to be fair, this won't catch on as a standard treatment; FTA they had to kill off the patients immune system first in order to use this treatment. Not quite the cure the world has been waiting on all this time.
Closed AccountJan 6, 2009
Actually it won't end that debate, it will make the debate irrelevant. Embryonic SC had advantages XYZ and now Adult SC do. The only problem to solve now is convincing people that we don't need to use Embryonic SC anymore we use adult, no more dead/cloned babies. Getting that though people heads will be harder than the science that went into the discoveries.
henryfatassJan 6, 2009
We don't do that here.
neftisJan 7, 2009
The most incredible scientific break through would have been LHC ... if it had worked perfectly... it would reveal great secrets about the begining of the universe... imagine how would that change space theories
Closed AccountJan 9, 2009
I'm waiting to see the transitional fossil between T Rex and an Ape. :O) The Prophets of the Dirt said the Coelacanth died out millions and millions and millions and millions of years ago, but nobody thought to tell these Dirt Prophets they've been catching this fish for years off the coasts of South America. Oh Gawd, save us from such idiotic cartels....