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Science Magazine is holding its annual vote for the people's choice for Breakthrough of the Year, which will accompany the editors' own choice. Voting is open until Dec 2, after which they will narrow the field to the top four choices for a second round of voting.
You can place your votes at: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/choose-your-2019-breakthrough-year
I have also added a poll to this thread to see how our community votes.
The nominees are (along with links to relevant PF threads where I could find them):
(if I have missed any relevant threads on these topics, please post a link in the thread.)
What is your choice for the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2019? Did the editors at Science not list your favorite scientific advancement?
You can place your votes at: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/choose-your-2019-breakthrough-year
I have also added a poll to this thread to see how our community votes.
The nominees are (along with links to relevant PF threads where I could find them):
- An effective cystic fibrosis drug (FDA approval of a new drug to treat cystic fibrosis).
- Mysterious archaic humans come into focus (New studies shed new light on Denisovans).
- A black hole made visible (Radio telescopes generate first image of a black hole).
- A keystone microbe cultured (Microbiologists culture closest prokaryotic relative to eukaryotes).
- Ebola drugs show promise (Trials show that two new Ebola drugs show dramatically increase survival).
- A quantum milestone (Quantum computer performs a calculation that would overwhelm a conventional supercomputer)
- AI masters multiplayer poker (An AI called Pluribus defeated professional poker players in no limit Texas Hold'em).
- Close-up of a far-out object (The New Horizon's mission produces image of a Kuiper belt object).
- New fossil shakes our family tree (Discovery of the oldest and most complete Australopithecus anamensis skull).
- Detailed portrait of a killer impact (New studies provide a detailed picture of the event that wiped out the dinosaurs).
- Malnutrition and gut microbes (Invention of nutritional supplements that help gut flora recover in severely malnourished children).
- A long-acting HIV treatment (Preliminary trials of an implantable anti-HIV drug show effectiveness for > 1 year).
(if I have missed any relevant threads on these topics, please post a link in the thread.)
What is your choice for the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2019? Did the editors at Science not list your favorite scientific advancement?
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