2017 is going to its end but it was incredible year because of many breakthroughs especially in science.

Let us review 10 greatest scientific breakthroughs which happened in 2017.

10- US Scientists edited genes inside human body

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Gene editing may be helpful to eliminate genetic diseases and is believed to create a new class of "super humans".

09- SpaceX launched a recycled rocket

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The purpose of this recycled rocket was to save space travel costs. Falcon 9 rocket booster was launched which can save over 19 million USD per launch.

08- Huge developments were made to grow human tissues in lab

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These developments might be helpful to repair nerve damage and to grow entire limbs and organs.

07- DeepMind Researchers taught Al to navigate in complex environments

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It is breakthrough in field of artificial intelligence and is major step in creating self-governing robots.

06- Harward Scientists converted liquid Hydrogen into metal

Metallic Hydrogen has zero resistance so it can be used as superconductor and can give us high speed trains and rockets.

05- Researchers invented a device that can pull water out of thin air

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This invention will help countries which are deprived of clean water like in Africa and it can also be used to find water in desert.

04- Scientists grew a lamb in artificial womb

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In a step toward motherless births, this uterus imitation could lower the disease rates and mortality of premature babies.

03- Scientists created time crystals

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It was entirely new form of matter. These crystal are great quantum breakthrough and are unique in nature. Their full potential is still unknown and scientists are working on it.

02- Scientists found a planet beyond our solar system

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This exoplanet orbiting like a red star in our galaxy neighborhood is hoped to have alien life on it.

01- Scientists have discovered gravitational waves when two stars collided

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It was new era of astronomy when, for the first time, neutron star crash happened 130 million light years away.

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