Ask HN: What scientific breakthroughs are you most excited for in 2013?

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by irollboozers • 14 years ago

11 4 14 years ago

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Hi HN!

I am just wondering what areas of research we can expect to make large strides in 2013? What are some exciting opportunities? Are there any really exciting scientists and researchers to watch out for?

InclinedPlane• 14 years ago

The evidence for neutralinos as the primary contribution to dark matter is stacking up, this may solidify in 2013 which would be quite exciting.

And we should get a big batch of new planet detections from Kepler, which should include a fair number of planets in more Earth-like orbits.

morjanoff• 14 years ago

Some of the hi tech food science investments made by Khosla Ventures could be interesting. Especially into sweets and also non-meat.

By changing the way we produce food we become much more self reliant rather than using up natural resources that are destructive.

bjourne• 14 years ago

The Higgs Boson story will be very interesting to follow. What new physics can it generate and will string theory be able to adapt to it? Then we have Shinichi Mochizuki's claimed proof of the ABC conjecture that mathematicians will try to verify.

S4M• 14 years ago

Not exactly a scientific breakthrough, but I am really interested in the progress of Curiosity in Mars.

Ask HN: What scientific breakthroughs are you most excited for in 2013?

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