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The 10 Most Intriguing Science Breakthroughs of 2024
A drug that prevents HIV and advances in quantum computing are among the wins.
A star is born.
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It was a bad year for good news, but only because the tumult and drama surrounding the 2024 US election and ongoing wars overshadowed some of the discoveries made in the world’s observatories, field studies and laboratories. Some of those findings could make us healthier, while others expand the outer limits of our knowledge of the universe.
Moon rocks from Terra Incognita