Something important IMHO is missing from the list : no new physics were discovered in LHC, even running at 14TeV, no Susy, no new particle, nothing but a confirmation of all predictions of Standard Model.
It's relatively easy to miss because it's a "negative" discovery (nothing new), but since many were expecting some hints towards new physics from the 2016 LHC runs, the confirmation of the Standard Model (and the death sentence it is to many theories, like many forms of SUSY) is news.
As another year comes around, and our solstice plans come to a head I want to review this year's great progress in science to follow on from last year's great review.
The general criteria is: World changing science, not politics. That means a lot of space discoveries, a lot of technology, some groundbreaking biology, and sometimes new chemical materials. There really are too many to list briefly.
With that in mind, below is the list:
Things that spring to mind when you ask people:
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_in_science
Note: the whole thing is worth reading - I cherry picked a few really cool ones.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016:
Notable deaths:
Nobel prizes:
100 years ago (1916):
Nobel Prizes in 1916:
Other:
Meta: this took in the order of 3+ hours to write over several weeks.
Cross posted to Lesswrong here.