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DeepMind used artificial intelligence for the first time to predict protein folding. [1]Singapore became the first jurisdiction to approve the sale of cultured meat. [2]The vaccines produced by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna against Coronavirus disease 2019 became the first vaccines developed using messenger RNA [3] and mark the fastest vaccine development and approval, taking only 10 months.
The following dates are approximations. 700 BC: Pythagoras's theorem is discovered by Baudhayana in the Hindu Shulba Sutras in Upanishadic India. [18] However, Indian mathematics, especially North Indian mathematics, generally did not have a tradition of communicating proofs, and it is not fully certain that Baudhayana or Apastamba knew of a proof.
Using information from research publications, Stacker compiled a list of seven Asian American scientists and technologists whose work changed the world.
[174] [175] [176] On 20 May China's CO 2 emissions are found to be 9% higher than pre-COVID-19-pandemic levels in 2021-Q1 with CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement production having grown by 14.5% compared to 2020. [174] [177] [178] Researchers report that bees were successfully trained to detect COVID-19 infections via samples. [179]
Platypuses glow in the dark. Octopuses taste by touching objects with their tentacles. Here's a sampling of the coolest animal discoveries from 2020.
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Active weather across the globe in 2021 helped unearth a number of fascinating artifacts from mysterious skulls to an entire ghost town. Yet inanimate objects weren't the only unbelievable finds ...
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) announces that it assesses a 20% chance that global warming compared to pre-industrial levels will exceed 1.5 °C in at least one year within the five years of 2020–2024. 1.5 °C is often considered to be a key threshold of global warming and nations have agreed to attempt limiting contemporary ...