Which science news story from 2024 do you feel was the most significant?

Answer Explanations

• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  Recorded global temperature anomalies at daily, monthly and annual timescales are prone to large variations, partly because of natural phenomenon such as El Niño and La Niña
• Bird flu's spread to dairy cattle and workers

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  There has been much attention, since COVID-19, on identifying future epidemics and pandemics. This story speaks to many predictions and fears but can provide more accurate facts and information about the prevention of Bird Flu and hopefully attenuate some fears. This news is also globally relevant rather than regional which seems important in this global age. 
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  This finding contribute to the understanding of animal's brain map and so to go one step further in the undestanding of ours brain
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  This is a very significant step in neurobiology.All
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  The complete map of an animals brain is a unique highlight
• Bird flu's spread to dairy cattle and workers

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  Widespread aurora.The cause of the aurora was a sunspot that resulted in sudden  and severe changes to the weather that were not accurately recorded or linked to the sun-rays hitting earth
  
  
• Other (Please explain)

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  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07552-4
  This is an amazing introduction to gene programming.
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  because it will have the highest impact on our future
• The total solar eclipse that captivated North America

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  I prefer stories that inspire and capture imagination of large numbers of diverse people, perhaps encouraging them asking deeper questions about the world we live in.
• Bird flu's spread to dairy cattle and workers

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  bird flu if it has spead to humans is much more fatal than covid
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  This achievement represents a significant milestone in neuroscience and computational biology, providing unparalleled insights into neural connections and brain function. This map could also advance artificial intelligence by helping us emulate neural processes and could deepen our understanding of how brains process information, possibly leading to breakthroughs in human brain disorders.
• Widespread aurora displays

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  This is the most obvious of the three events that are linked in the list. The Aurora visibility spans beyond the usual high altitudes regions that are close to the Arctic and Antarctic regions, but to some regions lower south that have not experienced them before. This can be linked to extra-high geomagnetic storms and high global temperatures.  Hence, we need to watch on the sun for some activities taking place around it. Hopefully, the recent feat by the Parker Solar probe getting closer to the sun is something scientists need to explore for a closer look at the sun.
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  I feel that more info about global warming is still necessary in order to diminish the still-existing public lack of credibility of the real effect of greenhouse gases.
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  The global warming issue is no longer an issue to debate but how to deal with it to keep up the need for agricultural production. 
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  Impacting the entire earth and all living things. 
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  Climate changes are the most serious issue that umanity face nowadays. Scientists need to keep the light on this problem in every manner!
• Two devastating hurricanes in the Southeast

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  I live in this area so it was personal to me. 
• Bird flu's spread to dairy cattle and workers

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  This obviously impacts on humans directly, so I feel that this is the most important Science news story from the list.
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  the world's survive depends that 
• Other (Please explain)

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  mRNA-based cancer vaccine 
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  Profound implications for neurobiology and a model for mapping more complex brains in the future. 
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  Climate change is still not being addressed adequately
• Other (Please explain)

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  World's increasing conflicts and competitions to be powerful by deadly weapons. Denial of resource injustices.
• Bird flu's spread to dairy cattle and workers

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  People infected with the bird flu (H5N1) have experienced high mortality rates (around 50%), thus increased inter-species transmission is a serious concern.
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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   The map is a key first step to understanding how brains work and how neural circuits function. It can also help advance understanding of brain processes in larger animals. 
• Bird flu's spread to dairy cattle and workers

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  This sort of trans-species spreading (as in COVID-19) becomes one of the most important consequences of viral mutations that demand fast recognition and prevention.
• Other (Please explain)

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  Estimates (with explanation) of the expected collapse of the ocean circulation system.
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  Selecting record-breaking global temperatures as the most significant scientific story of 2024 highlights the urgent and alarming trends in climate change that have profound implications for the planet.
• Other (Please explain)

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  New findings of the universe 
• The total solar eclipse that captivated North America

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  good media coverage
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  Of the three stories listed that arguably required “science” the drosophila neuron map was the most unprecedented. The other two (bird flu and Ice Age diets) were interesting but more preliminary. Europa Clipper is a tech story until it produces results. The rest were observed phenomena; science was adjunct to reporting them, not requisite.
• The first complete map of an adult fruit fly's brain

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  Because the other events will be repeated
• The launch of Europa Clipper mission

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  A big step towards exploring this satellite of Jupiter.
• Record-breaking global temperatures

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  The record breaking global temperatures affect the health of humans and various species. The heat shock gene Sirtuin 1 becomes inactivated that leads to various chronic diseases.
  RELEVANT REFERENCE
  Regulation of Core Body Temperature and the Immune System Determines Species Longevity. Curr Updates Gerontol. (2017) 1: 6.1