If I'm beinghonest, thatobviouslythelastdecadeofmylifehasbeenprimarilyAsepscience.
Andjustbeforethatwouldhavebeengraduatingfromoursciencedegreeandyoubeing a science, hedreamyworkingin a labSo a lotofitreallycirculatesaroundscienceandthensharingthatwithpeople.
Soit's kindof a nicewrapuptodothisrap.
Soyoujuststolemyyouallwatched.
Notthenshallwejustjumpintoit 2010.
ThiswastheyearthatInstagramwasreleased.
TheiPadwasalsoreleased, LadyGagaorhermeatdress, andonedirectionwasjustformedonthe X factor.
Butitwasalsotheyearthatscientistsin a SouthAfricancavediscoveredtwomillionyearoldfossilsof a newspeciescalledAustralopithecussedibathatarepotentiallythedirectancestorstohumans.
Thisspecieshassomefeaturesthatareincrediblysimilartohumans, liketheirteeth, theirnosethere, longarms, whileothersaremoresimilarto a primitivepastlikeflexiblefeet.
Andthisnewspecies, AustralopithecusSediba, ispotentially a linkbetweenLucyandHomoSAPIENs.
It's 2000 and 11 andwehaveBeyonceandannouncingthatshe's pregnantin a micdropmomentandbridesmaidsis a hugesuccessofYou'relikeme.
YouhaveMelissaMcCarthypoopinginto a sinketchedintoyourmind.
Wedidstillmanagetocollectsomedata, luckily, sonotonlydidwegetthefirsteverphotosfromthesurfaceof a comet, butanalyzingthewateronthecometshowedscientiststhatitwas a differentchemicalmakeupthanourown, andalsosuggestedultimatelythatEarth's waterdidn't comefrom a common 2015.
August 21st 2017 wasthedayoftheGreatAmericansolareclipseforusNorthAmerica.
Itwas a verybigdayofreallyinterestingtimethatastronomyandpublicdiscourseandpopculturecametogether, andonestudyfoundthat 88% ofAmericansspent a portionoftheirdayatleastlookingattheeclipseinreallifeorontheircomputers.
Asforscientists, itwasanamazingopportunityforthemtostudythesun's inneratmosphere, whichis a loteasiertododuringaneclipse.
ThenexteclipseisactuallygonnahappeninAmericain 2024 sothatwillbe a bigheadlineforthatyear.
Butthingswere a littletrickierforthemalesubjectsbecausetheytookthespermofonemaleandthentheembryonicstemcellsthatweregeneticallymodifiedofanothermaleandputthemin a femaleeggthathadhadthenucleusremoved.
Andwhile I findthiskindofsciencesofascinatingandinteresting, itobviouslybringsup a lotofethicalandmoralconcernsnotonlyaroundthesafetyandhealthofthoseoffspring, butjustaroundgeneticmanipulation.
Ingeneral 2019.
I don't knowif I needtogiveyoupopculturereferences, becausehopefullyyourememberthem.
Andresearchersunveiledthefirstevervisualdepictionof a blackholewhichis 55 millionlightyearsaway.
Thatisanunfathomabledistance.
Oh, mygosh.
Arewealoneintheuniverse?
Twobillionpeopleworldwidesawthisimagethatinvolvedlinkingdata, streamsandinformationfromeightdifferentEarthbasedradiotelescopesandwasanamazingmomentwhenbordersfelland a bunchofdifferentcountriesworktogethertogetinformationaboutsomethingfaroffinthedistance.
Andas a discofconglomerateINGmatterfallsintotheblackhole, itheatsuptoastoundingtemperatures.