The Most Amazing Recent Scientific Discoveries - Scientific discoveries, achievements, and inventions are made all the time. Throughout the year, papers are published and patents are filed for any number of new ‘things’, but occasionally something truly incredible comes along. This list compiles some of the most amazing discoveries science has made.
Two more planets?
oddmygod.com - Astronomers recently said Two Earth-sized planets could be hiding in the chilly margins of our Solar System, just beyond Neptune and Pluto….they just have to be found. The same astronomers have estimated that if these planets do in fact exist, theyre likely about 200 astronomical units away from Earth, which is roughly 200 times the distance between us and the Sun. Finding waldo would be easier than finding these planets!
Why seashells don’t break?!
oddmygod.com - Don’t you just love strolling along the beach with the seemingly endless ability to find perfect seashells? Well now we know why the beautiful collectible are so perfect despite their environments! Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that clusters of soft biological material combine through chemical reactions with atoms to turn weak calcium carbonite crystals into strong composites! The researchers believe their new discovery could pave the way for the creation of new strong synthetic materials in the future. Looks like their not just for necklaces any more!
Naked black holes!!
oddmygod.com - Scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder have uncovered a galaxy one billion light years away that is thought to have a naked black hole. Typically black holes have millions or even billions of stars surrounding them, but this one is void of such usual characteristics.
Hey black hole… if you got it, flaunt it!
A mammal that outlasted the dinosaurs?!
oddmygod.com - Found in new mexico… a beaver like mammal now dubbed Kimbetopsalis simmonsae, is believed to have lived beyond the time of dinosaurs. With complicated rows of teeth that give evidence of herbivore status, these creatures are thought to have existed long after T-rex and his pals walked the earth… only to be superceded by rats! And they say that cockroaches are the only thing that could outlast the apocalypse!?
A history of virus
oddmygod.com - a DNA-based blood test has been concocted by researchers that can determine your viral history. Known as VirScan, the test works by a blood screen that detects antibodies against any of the 206 species of viruses known to infect humans, and they hope could lead to early detection of various diseases and cancers. 569 people were screened from various countries and it was found that the average person has been exposed to 10 of the 206 different species of known viruses… maybe that’s an incentive to wash your hands more often!
Titanosaur!
oddmygod.com - This massive dinosaur is so huge that its entire body cohabitates two rooms at the American museum of natural history! First discovered in 2012 by an Argentinean rancher, the herbivorous beast is estimated to have weighed 70 tons when alive and measures 122 feet, that’s like 3 school buses smashed back to back!
After 18 months of excavations, 223 fossilized bones from six titanosaurs were found, including an 8-foot-tall femur.. gives a new perspective to being “big boned!”
A gene mutation that causes autism?
oddmygod.com - researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill discovered that a gene called UBE3A can become mutated leading to hyperactivity that could potentially cause autism. As of now no real medicine exists that can stop or treat autism, as an estimated 1 in 68 children are affected every year with boys being five times more likely to develop autism than girls. Efforts for a cure are ongoing.
A cure for HIV
oddmygod.com - The struggles been ongoing for over 30 years.. but scientists are now closer to the discovery of a possible HIV Killer! Researchers in Florida devised an artificial molecule that’s kept four monkeys free from being infected by HIV even after being injected with large doses of the virus… and after 34 weeks the primate pals are still clean.
A great quantum leap
oddmygod.com - Physisists have made early nineties prime time television come to life as they broke the distance record for information transmitted in quantum teleportation. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have "teleported" or transferred quantum information carried in light particles over 100 kilometers of optical fiber, four times farther than the previous record. I have a feeling that somewhere on earth, scott bakula is laughing and saying “told you so!”