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<p>Dec 27, 2014 06:19 PM &nbsp;wiki article: &nbsp;v detailed chrono of 2014 science.</p>

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<b>NOVEMBER </b>2014....</p>

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IPCC final Fifth Assessment Report.</p>

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ALMA image:</p>

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synthetic platelet: &nbsp;clots 3x as fast.</p>

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half of all stars are btwn galaxies !!!</p>

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stem cells for Pkson Dis in Sweden... trial in 2017.</p>

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<b>DECEMBER</b> 2014:</p>

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Universe is 13.8 B yrs old

and is 5% atomic matter; 27% dark matter and 68% dark energy.</p>

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3d printing making electronics with semiconduc.</p>

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artific enzymes;</p>

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solar cell effic of 46%...</p>

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Mediterranean diet &nbsp;incr longevity;</p>

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fast camera: &nbsp;100B frames per sec.</p>

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Japan launches Hayabusa.</p>

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Revision of Drake Eqn odds for micro life and intel life...</p>

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biotic life: &nbsp;&nbsp;10 to 100 LY from Earth &nbsp;estim.

intel life: &nbsp;prob &nbsp;a few 1000 LY away.</p>

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UCL study of people who feel younger than real age live longer.</p>

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Methane flare on Mars; &nbsp;organics in rock; &nbsp;ancient water in Gale Crater.</p>

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AI-100 &nbsp;Eric Horvitz: &nbsp;Stfd Hundred yr study of AI</p>

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Kepler K2 mission discovers and exoplanet. a super-earth</p>

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300 M yr old rods and cones in fossil fish eye.</p>

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Moscow State U. &nbsp;DNA bank to store every living thing. &nbsp;to open in 2018.</p>

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