Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Links to all these awesome stories below!
Finish 2016 on a high note and SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub
↓ More info and sources below ↓
Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://dftba.com/besmart
1. Gravitational waves: http://www.nature.com/news/gravitational-waves-1.19321
2. AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/the-invisible-opponent/475611/
3. CRISPR tested in a human: http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-gene-editing-tested-in-a-person-for-the-first-time-1.20988
4. Minimal synthetic organism: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/synthetic-microbe-lives-less-500-genes
5. SpaceX rocket landings: http://www.space.com/33461-spacex-rocket-landings-video-supercut.html
6. Closest known exoplanet: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1629/
7. Alzheimer’s drug trial success: http://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-alzheimer-s-drug-just-hit-a-major-milestone-in-a-human-clinical-trial
8. Three-parent baby born: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2107219-exclusive-worlds-first-baby-born-with-new-3-parent-technique/
9. Paris climate agreement goes into effect: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/2016-pivotal-year-war-climate-change/
10. Antarctic ozone hole is healing: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36674996
11. Ross Sea becomes largest marine protected area: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/ross-sea-marine-protected-area-antarctica/
12. Giant pandas are no longer endangeredL http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/giant-panda-no-longer-endangered
13. Wild tigers on the rise: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160410-tiger-numbers-rise-wwf-conservation-double-population/
14. Cool new species: http://www.livescience.com/54546-chewbacca-beetle-from-new-guinea.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/02/480437128/insect-named-for-ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-step-toward-equality-of-the-6-legged-sex
http://www.livescience.com/55563-game-of-thrones-dragon-ant.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38325099
15. Casper the ghost octopus: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/06/check_out_ghost_like_octopus_dubbed_casper_that_could_be_new_species.html
16. Ghost shark filmed: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/pointy-nosed-blue-chimaeras-ghost-sharks/
17. LIchen symbiosis decoded: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/how-a-guy-from-a-montana-trailer-park-upturned-150-years-of-biology/491702/
18. Jeremy the backwards snail finds a partner: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/snail-jeremy-left-handed-love
19. Solar powered plane flies around world: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/26/solar-impulse-plane-makes-history-completing-round-the-world-trip
20. New glasses for colorblind people: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601782/how-enchromas-glasses-correct-color-blindness/
21. Juno mission updates: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/
22. Rosetta completes comet mission: http://gizmodo.com/watch-rosetta-s-entire-mission-to-a-comet-in-just-four-1790438586
23. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko’s year in space: https://www.nasa.gov/content/a-year-in-space
—————-
It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.
Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart
Twitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmart
http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe
Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoe
Snapchat: YoDrJoe
Produced by PBS Digital Studios
Music via APM
Stock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
