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Decoding Speech From the Brain
In 2023 researchers decoded attempted speech from brain signals.
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Bounded Gaps: New Ground on the Twin Prime Problem
Yitang Zhang proved infinitely many prime pairs lie within a bounded gap.
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A Two-Page Proof of the Sensitivity Conjecture
Hao Huang settled the sensitivity conjecture in 2019.
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Sphere Packing in Eight Dimensions, Solved
Maryna Viazovska solved optimal sphere packing in dimension 8 in 2016.
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Many Genomes, One Reference: The Human Pangenome
A 2023 pangenome combined genomes from many diverse people.
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Finishing the Book of Life: The Complete Human Genome
In 2022 scientists filled the last gaps in the human genome.
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The Obesity Breakthrough: GLP-1 Drugs Reset the Field
Trials showed semaglutide produced large, sustained weight loss.
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Clearing the Plaques: Anti-Amyloid Drugs Slow Alzheimer’s
A 2023 trial showed lecanemab modestly slowed cognitive decline.
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Casgevy: The First Approved CRISPR Therapy
Regulators approved the first CRISPR-based therapy in 2023.
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A Heart From a Pig: The First Genetically Modified Xenotransplant
Surgeons transplanted a gene-edited pig heart into a human in 2022.