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Year in Review — The Coolest Scientific Advancements and Discoveries of 2023
A Definitive Ranking of the Most Important Research and Science News that Happened this Year
2023 has been a tremendous year for science and technology. The rate at which we’re learning and improving is mind-boggling. It’s been such a prolific year for advancement, in fact, that you likely have missed some of the most incredible ways scientists improved our collective knowledge this year. Interested in reminiscing on the incredible advancements this year has brought? Read on below to discover the Top 40 coolest scientific and technological advancements and discoveries that occurred in 2023, definitively ranked.
40. Gas Stoves Found to be a Major Asthma Risk
At the beginning of 2023, controversy erupted over the now-infamous gas stove. An article published to MDPI Open Access Journals in late December caused regulatory bodies in the United States to assess the health risk further, leading to a massive amount of political and cultural pushback. Since then, the stories have wildly fallen out of the news, but research has continued plodding along on the health of gas stoves — and it’s still not looking great for health.
