For example when I was a kid we didn't know why the dinosaurs died out. Now we know it was due to a 6-mile-wide asteroid that struck the Earth in Mexico. What has been discovered in your lifetime?

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Birds are extant dinosaurs. Alluminum is a metal and not a metalloid. Sharks CAN get cancer

Reynold

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I remember my high school biology teacher talking about CRISPR! The idea of a new genetic altering technology.

Rob

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The world wide web, the greatest invention ever.

Matthew

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I think one of the things that I have been most impressed with (because it is just so cool) is how much more we understand about black holes. We went from having some basic theoretical models and some theories relating to gamma ray bursts, to producing images of black holes (including measuring their magnetic field, as displayed in the image below). I remember watching Interstellar and being awed by the beauty of the black hole model they used .... so different than the way we conceptualized black holes back in my college days. Science is not only cool. It is beautiful.

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The Great Carina Nebula

#space #photography #science #cosmos A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula is more modestly known as NGC 3372. One of our Galaxy's largest star forming regions, it spans over 300 light-years. Like the smaller, more northerly Great Orion Nebula, the Carina Nebula is easily visible... read more

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Martin

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Funny fact Alcohol completely disappears from the body after about arround 6 weeks… which means, in most cases, never :) (of course as a natural healer and Reiki master, I must abstain from alcohol as it overly dulls my senses). (edited)

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Molding

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Yunyi

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euthanization of people's pet fish is always so weird to me like

numerous studies (credible) suggest fish do not have the neuro-physiological capacity for conscious awareness of pain. quoting a study conducted and published in 2013, "behavioral reactions by fish to seemingly painful human criteria and were thus misinterpreted". plus a genus like Betta, most of... read more