This year, science news has understandably focused a lot on COVID-19. But other science has carried on, and there have been plenty of amazing discoveries this year that we think deserve a spotlight, too!
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Sources:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17810987/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17783054/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20203042/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17805288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884440/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/asteroids.txt
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https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/transposons-the-jumping-genes-518/
Images:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618221000021?viaihub
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/production-of-covid-19-vaccine-vials-in-cold-storage-gm1313536126-402010459
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/dinosaurs-extinction-infographic-diagram-showing-paleozoic-1452445010
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yucatan_chix_crater.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:298Bap-LB1-mag15.jpg
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/meteor-impact-1439034
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/super-bright-comet-at-night-gm525629313-52038570
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/jupiter-on-space-background-elements-of-this-image-furnished-by-nasa-gm1281266735-379349618
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meteorcrater.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_the_two_Children_on_display_at_the_French_National_Museum_of_Archeology_at_Saint_Germain.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_Age_Jewelry,_Fazael,_Upper_Paleolithic,_The_Israel_Museum,_Jerusalem.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lions_painting,_Chauvet_Cave_(museum_replica).jpg
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927321006174?viaihub#f0005
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/childs-hand-and-memorable-handprint-in-concrete-gm1024316834-274857946
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dna-sequence-gm498188318-79526609
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/morula-cell-a-solid-ball-of-cells-resulting-from-division-gm1302912541-394513791
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/concetp-digital-illustration-dna-structure-3d-rendering-gm608584820-104352981
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/old-scratched-film-strip-grunge-texture-background-gm1273852653-375550629
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/800430
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hands_in_Pettakere_Cave.jpg
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