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counting down our picks for the top 10
amazing scientific discoveries made
recently
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every day so be sure to subscribe to our
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this list we’re looking at the most
exciting scientific developments and
discoveries of the 21st century
prioritizing those that have occurred
most recently number 10 our species is
far older than previously thought
for the longest time the popular
scientific consensus was that humanity’s
roots stretched back to around 200,000
years ago when humankind originated in
Africa in 2017 however that long-held
timeline was smashed wide open with the
proper identification of human remains
dating back another 150,000 years nearly
doubling the previously believed history
of our species
jebel yet hood is the Moroccan site
where the remains were unearthed
interestingly enough the site was first
uncovered in the 1960s but the remains
were mistaken for a Neanderthal modern
researchers have since confirmed that
they are in fact early homo sapiens and
just like that we’ve been forced to
reevaluate human history
number 9 scientists found many planets
with potential for life are we alone in
the universe it’s a question that
science and popular media has explored
at length without ever offering a
definitive answer in recent years
however with advancements in space
research and technology we’ve been given
reason to believe that the answer is no
or at least probably not in the last
decade alone we’ve discovered many
potentially habitable planets both far
out in space and relatively close to
Earth in 2015 it was announced that the
scientific community had found 12 such
earth-like planets in 2016 3 more were
found just 40 light-years away in 2017
raus 1 to 8b which is similar in size to
earth was spotted at just 11 light-years
away number 8 a stem cell transplant
cured sickle cell anemia
in 2017 something massive happened in
the medical field a widely applicable
cure for sickle cell anemia was
discovered the condition which affects
millions worldwide is hereditary and in
addition to causing severe chronic pain
can also result in stroke organ damage
and a notably shortened lifespan sadly
up until recently the only option for a
cure was a bone-marrow transplant which
had limited applications in 2017 however
a teenage boy treated by the Necker
Children’s Hospital in Paris was cured
of the disease thanks to a breakthrough
treatment involving stem cell therapy
since then the treatments been given to
children and adults alike with similar
results scientists hope this can cure
all sickle cell anemia sufferers number
7 robotic body parts a concept of
prosthetic limbs may not be anything new
but in the last few years we’ve made
leaps and bounds in the field with the
development of advanced robotic limbs
it’s more than just putting together a
limb with greater articulation it’s
about producing a prosthetic limb that
people can accurately control in 2018
Johnny Matheny became the first person
in the world to have a robotic arm
attached to a skeleton that he can
control with his mind as part of a
program at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
lab he isn’t the only such experiment
however robotic arms and legs for
amputees and exoskeleton limbs for
patients with neurodegenerative
conditions are the future number six
we’ve taken steps towards quantum
computers quantum computing has long
been theorized as the inevitable future
but it looks as if we’re finally
starting to see it become a reality
2017 was a big year for research into
the field with Google Intel Microsoft
and a number of other research
institutes making major breakthroughs
moving research off the page to build
actual prototypes in quantum computing
quantum bits or qubits are used instead
of the conventional bits you recognize
from your home computer and in 2017 2250
51 and 53 qubit machines were
unveiled google has since moved on to a
72 bit machine the actual applications
of quantum computing only time will tell
number five scientists have transferred
basic memories between snails it sounds
like something out of science fiction
but this staggering scientific discovery
was made in our very own reality in 2018
scientists transposed basic reflexive
memories between sea snails by
extracting RNA from one snail and
injecting it into another the
researchers sensitized snails with a
small shock until they would retract
their gills defensively whenever prodded
in that spot without electricity a
second group of snails were then
injected with the RNA of the snails from
the first group and were observed
instinctively retracting their gills
whenever prodded despite no prior
conditioning snails not given the RNA
did not
number four scientists reversed damage
caused by Alzheimer’s disease in a human
brain cell medical advancements have
dramatically extended the human life
expectancy but unfortunately
advancements in cognitive health have
failed to keep pace Alzheimer’s is now a
very real possibility for many aging
individuals and the scientific and
medical community really has little to
offer in the way of preventive measures
or treatment let alone a cure for the
first time however there’s reason to
hope researchers at the Gladstone
institutes in California have identified
that a gene known as April 4 is central
to the condition and when they altered
its structure they reversed the damage
done to those cells by Alzheimer’s a
cure might not be on the immediate
horizon but this is a major step number
three fuel from water
the first water fueled car was allegedly
demonstrated in the 1930s and Stanley
Meyers perpetual motion water fuel cell
made waves in the 1980s but neither have
been deemed to hold water so to speak
under scrutiny in 2014 however German
clean technology company Sunfire gmbh
unveiled a functioning machine that
actually transforms carbon dioxide and
water into a usable synthetic petroleum
fuel
in 2015 the company teamed up with Audi
to further refine the process pairing it
with renewable energy to power the
conversion process the end result fuel
with a carbon footprint close to zero
number two researchers reversed signs of
aging in mice immortality it seems like
a lofty and unattainable goal but that
hasn’t stopped humankind from pursuing
it for millennia via supernatural
religious or scientific means according
to a study published in 2018 however we
might finally be making headway
scientists from Harvard Medical School
claimed to have reversed one particular
sign of aging the slowing of blood flow
in mice by introducing a molecule known
as nicotinamide mononucleotide or nmn
for short
till this might seem minor better blood
flow significantly helps the health of
the entire body including the heart and
brain in 2018 the University of Alabama
at Birmingham
similarly managed to reverse hair loss
and wrinkling in lab mice number one
liquid water on Mars though it’s
thrilling to contemplate the existence
of life on far-off planets our limited
capacity for spaceflight means that we
can’t really go check them out for
ourselves anytime soon Mars on the other
hand is well within our reach and that’s
what makes this discovery so thrilling
researchers had previously identified
signs of possible water flow on the
planet but in 2018 the European Space
Agency MRSA instrument identified an
underground lake of liquid water this is
a massively exciting discovery in its
own right but considering the fact that
water is a fundamental building block of
life it could also give us great insight
into the possibility of life on Mars
past or present do you agree with our
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
amazing scientific discoveries made
recently
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the most
exciting scientific developments and
discoveries of the 21st century
prioritizing those that have occurred
most recently number 10 our species is
far older than previously thought
for the longest time the popular
scientific consensus was that humanity’s
roots stretched back to around 200,000
years ago when humankind originated in
Africa in 2017 however that long-held
timeline was smashed wide open with the
proper identification of human remains
dating back another 150,000 years nearly
doubling the previously believed history
of our species
jebel yet hood is the Moroccan site
where the remains were unearthed
interestingly enough the site was first
uncovered in the 1960s but the remains
were mistaken for a Neanderthal modern
researchers have since confirmed that
they are in fact early homo sapiens and
just like that we’ve been forced to
reevaluate human history
number 9 scientists found many planets
with potential for life are we alone in
the universe it’s a question that
science and popular media has explored
at length without ever offering a
definitive answer in recent years
however with advancements in space
research and technology we’ve been given
reason to believe that the answer is no
or at least probably not in the last
decade alone we’ve discovered many
potentially habitable planets both far
out in space and relatively close to
Earth in 2015 it was announced that the
scientific community had found 12 such
earth-like planets in 2016 3 more were
found just 40 light-years away in 2017
raus 1 to 8b which is similar in size to
earth was spotted at just 11 light-years
away number 8 a stem cell transplant
cured sickle cell anemia
in 2017 something massive happened in
the medical field a widely applicable
cure for sickle cell anemia was
discovered the condition which affects
millions worldwide is hereditary and in
addition to causing severe chronic pain
can also result in stroke organ damage
and a notably shortened lifespan sadly
up until recently the only option for a
cure was a bone-marrow transplant which
had limited applications in 2017 however
a teenage boy treated by the Necker
Children’s Hospital in Paris was cured
of the disease thanks to a breakthrough
treatment involving stem cell therapy
since then the treatments been given to
children and adults alike with similar
results scientists hope this can cure
all sickle cell anemia sufferers number
7 robotic body parts a concept of
prosthetic limbs may not be anything new
but in the last few years we’ve made
leaps and bounds in the field with the
development of advanced robotic limbs
it’s more than just putting together a
limb with greater articulation it’s
about producing a prosthetic limb that
people can accurately control in 2018
Johnny Matheny became the first person
in the world to have a robotic arm
attached to a skeleton that he can
control with his mind as part of a
program at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
lab he isn’t the only such experiment
however robotic arms and legs for
amputees and exoskeleton limbs for
patients with neurodegenerative
conditions are the future number six
we’ve taken steps towards quantum
computers quantum computing has long
been theorized as the inevitable future
but it looks as if we’re finally
starting to see it become a reality
2017 was a big year for research into
the field with Google Intel Microsoft
and a number of other research
institutes making major breakthroughs
moving research off the page to build
actual prototypes in quantum computing
quantum bits or qubits are used instead
of the conventional bits you recognize
from your home computer and in 2017 2250
51 and 53 qubit machines were
unveiled google has since moved on to a
72 bit machine the actual applications
of quantum computing only time will tell
number five scientists have transferred
basic memories between snails it sounds
like something out of science fiction
but this staggering scientific discovery
was made in our very own reality in 2018
scientists transposed basic reflexive
memories between sea snails by
extracting RNA from one snail and
injecting it into another the
researchers sensitized snails with a
small shock until they would retract
their gills defensively whenever prodded
in that spot without electricity a
second group of snails were then
injected with the RNA of the snails from
the first group and were observed
instinctively retracting their gills
whenever prodded despite no prior
conditioning snails not given the RNA
did not
number four scientists reversed damage
caused by Alzheimer’s disease in a human
brain cell medical advancements have
dramatically extended the human life
expectancy but unfortunately
advancements in cognitive health have
failed to keep pace Alzheimer’s is now a
very real possibility for many aging
individuals and the scientific and
medical community really has little to
offer in the way of preventive measures
or treatment let alone a cure for the
first time however there’s reason to
hope researchers at the Gladstone
institutes in California have identified
that a gene known as April 4 is central
to the condition and when they altered
its structure they reversed the damage
done to those cells by Alzheimer’s a
cure might not be on the immediate
horizon but this is a major step number
three fuel from water
the first water fueled car was allegedly
demonstrated in the 1930s and Stanley
Meyers perpetual motion water fuel cell
made waves in the 1980s but neither have
been deemed to hold water so to speak
under scrutiny in 2014 however German
clean technology company Sunfire gmbh
unveiled a functioning machine that
actually transforms carbon dioxide and
water into a usable synthetic petroleum
fuel
in 2015 the company teamed up with Audi
to further refine the process pairing it
with renewable energy to power the
conversion process the end result fuel
with a carbon footprint close to zero
number two researchers reversed signs of
aging in mice immortality it seems like
a lofty and unattainable goal but that
hasn’t stopped humankind from pursuing
it for millennia via supernatural
religious or scientific means according
to a study published in 2018 however we
might finally be making headway
scientists from Harvard Medical School
claimed to have reversed one particular
sign of aging the slowing of blood flow
in mice by introducing a molecule known
as nicotinamide mononucleotide or nmn
for short
till this might seem minor better blood
flow significantly helps the health of
the entire body including the heart and
brain in 2018 the University of Alabama
at Birmingham
similarly managed to reverse hair loss
and wrinkling in lab mice number one
liquid water on Mars though it’s
thrilling to contemplate the existence
of life on far-off planets our limited
capacity for spaceflight means that we
can’t really go check them out for
ourselves anytime soon Mars on the other
hand is well within our reach and that’s
what makes this discovery so thrilling
researchers had previously identified
signs of possible water flow on the
planet but in 2018 the European Space
Agency MRSA instrument identified an
underground lake of liquid water this is
a massively exciting discovery in its
own right but considering the fact that
water is a fundamental building block of
life it could also give us great insight
into the possibility of life on Mars
past or present do you agree with our
pics check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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