Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2009

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 1, 2010 @04:17AM from the still-can't-cure-stupid dept.

Wired has posted their favorite scientific breakthroughs of the past year. The feats include things like the confirmation of element 114, a cancer-detecting breathalyzer, the power of jellyfish and more. What other discoveries should have made the list and what might we look forward to in 2010? "Also this year, researchers at the University of Washington cured two adult monkeys of colorblindness by giving them injections of a gene that produces pigments necessary for color vision. After the treatment, the animals scored higher on a computerized color blindness test. In the coming years, gene therapy will be tested as a remedy for all sorts of inherited diseases, cancer, viral infections and even high cholesterol."

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What an amazing breakthrough! by rbcd · 2010-01-01 04:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Who'd have guessed that element 114 would turn out to be a cancer-detecting breathalyzer?
1. Re:What an amazing breakthrough! by Timesprout · 2010-01-01 05:01 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Unfavorable reviews to the original classic
  
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2. Re:What an amazing breakthrough! by h4rm0ny · 2010-01-01 05:15 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Well the Fifth Element was love. I guess by the 115th we're down to, I don't know, petulance or something.
  
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Spam by pipingguy · 2010-01-01 04:28 · Score: 2, Funny

I like the way spam was eliminated.
Re:My Dick Is Only Three Inches ... by hedwards · 2010-01-01 05:01 · Score: 1, Funny

So, that makes you 9 inches tall?