The Year In Science 2018

A roundup of all the biggest stories in science in 2018. Check out this video's sponsor brilliant.org/dos
Loads of amazing progress was made in all areas of science in 2018 which is encouraging when the news makes us think that everything is falling apart. In this video I round up all of my favorite news stories from the year. Let me know in the comments if you think I have missed any out.

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CRISPR not as good as thought www.livescience.com/63075-crispr-damage-cell-mutat…
Cancer research from August
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322923.php
Animals that don’t age www.rd.com/culture/animals-that-live-forever/
Entirely new kind of life: www.quantamagazine.org/what-a-newfound-kingdom-mea…
Kinda room temperature superconductor www.sciencenews.org/article/new-hydrogen-rich-comp…
Best science stories by Vox www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/12/18/18134579…
2018 in spaceflight en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_in_spaceflight
FRB 121102 www.seti.org/frb-121102-radio-calling-cards-distan…
sources of greenhouse gas emissions www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-em…
Science 2018 breakthroughs    • 2018 Breakthrough of the Year  


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Video clips

Robots:
Trump signing    • President Trump Participates in the USMCA ...  
Boston Dynamics youtube.com/user/BostonDynamics
Soft Body robots    • “Robotics Skins” turn everyday objects int...  
Uber self driving cars    • Video  

CRISPR:
Gladstone Institute    • Inspired Science at Gladstone  

Launching stuff into space:
NASA TESS    • NASA’s New Planet Hunter: TESS  
NASA Kepler    • Legacy of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope: M...  
NASA InSight Launch    • NASA Launches InSight to Mars (part 1)  
NASA InSight    • What will NASA's InSight do on Mars?  
NASA Mars Helicopter Scout    • NASA Mars Helicopter Technology Demonstration  
NASA Spacecraft Dawn    • Dusk for Dawn: NASA Mission to the Asteroi...  
NASA Parker Solar Probe    • Parker Solar Probe--Mission Overview  
ESA BepiColombo    • BepiColombo launch to Mercury  
NASA OSIRIS-REx    • NASA’s OSIRIS-REx: Mission to Bennu  
China's CNSA Chang'e-4 Lunar Mission    • Chang’e-4 lunar mission: lander and rover  
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch    • Falcon Heavy Test Flight  

Finding Stuff in Space
Europa Water Plumes    • Hubble Directly Images Possible Plumes on ...  
Material falling into black hole    • NASA | Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star  
European Southern Observatory Super Earth www.eso.org/public/news/eso1837/
European Southern Observatory Oumuamua www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1820a/

Physics
Harvard meta material lens www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36438686
IceCube neutrino blazar    • The first source of high-energy neutrinos  
Earth's Magnetic Field svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010954/

Biology
Fruit Fly connectome phys.org/news/2018-07-brain-imaged-nanoscale-resol…

Medicine
3D printed corneas www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2018/05/first3…
Pigs www.videvo.net/video/pig-digging/4748/
Pigs www.videvo.net/video/piglets-feeding/3044/
Pills www.videvo.net/video/prescription-drugs-top-view/4…

Climate Change
Ozone recovery www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-study-first…
World Meteorological Organization    • State of the Climate 2018  
Clouds www.videvo.net/video/blue-sky-and-clouds-timelapse…
Glacier www.videvo.net/video/icelandic-glacier-lake/452778…

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