A few notable mentions that didn't make this list of our favorite science stories of the year https://www.vox.com/2017-in-review/2017/12/22/16769574/best-science-stories-news-2017 … 1/x
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1. LIGO / VIRGO detected neutron stars merging with gravitational waves. Then, traditional telescopes spotted it in the sky. Now, we know where gold comes from.https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/16/16464716/ligo-gravitational-wave-neutron-star-merger-gold-alchemy …
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2. Our understanding of the timeline of human evolution and travel outside of Africa keeps getting re-written, over and overhttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/7/15745714/nature-homo-sapien-remains-jebel-irhoud …
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3. It turns out it would be very, very hard to end *all* life on Earthhttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/15/15972854/tardigrades-end-of-the-world …
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4. Scientists rewrote the DNA of an entire specieshttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/9/14854200/scientists-rewrote-dna-entire-species-yeast …
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5. A bunch new species were discovered! (though some are already in trouble)https://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/85-new-species-described-by-the-california-academy-of-sciences-in-2017 …
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6. psychologists are making progress on learning how to effectively combat prejudicehttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/11/30/16645024/collective-blame-psychology-muslim …
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