The 10 Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Of the Year .

• Scientists Successfully Edited the First Human Embryo Ever in The U.S.

  

• Scientists Have Finally Created Metallic Hydrogen

  

   

• Scientists Discovered an Alien Planet That’s The Best Candidate for Life As We Know It

  

   

• A World First CRISPR Trial Will Edit Genes Inside the Human Body

  

   

• Breakthrough Initiative Will Grow Organs and Regenerate Human Tissue

  

   

• DeepMind Has Taught an AI to Do Something Quite Remarkable

  

   

• SpaceX’s Historic Launch Proves Recycled Rockets Are the Future of Space Exploration

  

   

• This Fluid-Filled Bag Lets Lambs Develop Outside the Womb. Humans Are Next.

  

   

• A New Breakthrough in Quantum Computing is Set to Transform Our World

  

   

• Google’s AlphaGo Proves Its Mettle Against a Team of Five