From parallel universes to conspiracy theories to treating wastewater, the best science stories covered a lot of ground (and sky). Here, we present seven of 2020’s best science stories.
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Phil Kline for ForbesHow Two Young Scientists Built A $250 Million Business Using Yeast To Clean Up Wastewater
Houston-based Solugen is making cheaper, more effective industrial chemicals to help scrub everything from pools and hot tubs to oil and gas companies’ wastewater. The key to its success is Crispr, the gene-editing technology most commonly associated with healthcare applications, which also holds promise in the world of chemical engineering.
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Why People Cling To Conspiracy Theories Like ‘Plandemic’
As a professional scientist who studies weather and climate, Forbes senior contributor Marshall Shepherd is no stranger to conspiracy theories: He constantly encounters them when communicating with the public about climate change. In this story, he applied this experience to conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 pandemic, exploring them with both expertise and empathy.
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No, NASA has not found a "parallel Universe".
getty imagesHas NASA Found A Parallel Universe ‘Where Time Flows Backwards’? The Truth Behind The Headlines
In the spring, a number of newspapers and websites ran headlines claiming NASA scientists had discovered proof of parallel universes. In this piece, Forbes senior contributor Jamie Carter patiently went through the science behind these claims, pointing out that the reality of the discovery didn’t quite justify the sensational headlines.
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Elon Musk’s First Astronaut Launch Is One Giant Leap For Space Capitalism
In May, SpaceX sent two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. It was the first crewed flight from U.S. soil since 2011. But it was also the first time astronauts flew to orbit on a privately owned spacecraft. This article from Forbes senior editor Alex Knapp tells the story of how free markets came to the final frontier, a story that begins, fittingly enough, in post-Cold War Russia.
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Concept design for the Proteus undersea habitat
YVES BÉHAR AND FUSEPROJECTFabien Cousteau Is Raising $135 Million To Build The International Space Station Of The Deep Sea
Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famous undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is building on his family legacy by constructing a state-of-the art research facility—60 feet below the surface of the ocean. Cousteau hopes it will be the International Space Station of the ocean.
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Meet The Forgotten Female Scientist Who Debunked Theories Of Male Superiority
Leta Stetter Hollingworth was a trailblazing psychologist and champion of women’s rights. This profile from Forbes staff writer Katie Jennings explores how Hollingworth navigated the world of science in the early 20th century, debunking cherished (by men) myths as she did.
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Artist’s impression of binary black holes about to collide.
MARK MYERS, ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DISCOVERY (OZGRAV)How This Under 30 Alum And His Team Used Gravitational Waves To Discover A New Class Of Black Hole
Forbes assistant editor Leah Rosenbaum interviewed Karan Jani, an alumnus of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science list, and got the inside scoop about how he and his team used the detection of gravitational waves to prove the existence of a type of black hole that had been theorized but, until their experiment, never before proved.
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