Science

=== 21st century ===
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[[File:Apjlab0e85f4 EHT-images-M87-four-teams.jpg|alt=|thumb|350x350px|Four predicted image of [[M87* black hole]] made by separate teams in the [[Event Horizon Telescope]] collaboration.]]
The [[Human Genome Project]] was completed in 2003 by identifying and mapping all of the genes of the [[human genome]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1= Naidoo|first1= Nasheen|last2= Pawitan|first2= Yudi|last3= Soong|first3= Richie|last4= Cooper|first4= David N.|last5= Ku|first5= Chee-Seng|date= October 2011|title= Human genetics and genomics a decade after the release of the draft sequence of the human genome|journal= Human Genomics|volume= 5|issue= 6|pages= 577–622|doi= 10.1186/1479-7364-5-6-577|pmc= 3525251|pmid= 22155605|doi-access= free}}</ref> The first [[Induced pluripotent stem cell|induced pluripotent human stem cell]]s were made in 2006, allowing adult cells to be transformed into [[stem cell]]s and turn to any cell type found in the body.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1= Rashid|first1= S. Tamir|last2= Alexander|first2= Graeme J.M.|date= March 2013|title= Induced pluripotent stem cells: from Nobel Prizes to clinical applications|journal= Journal of Hepatology|volume= 58|issue= 3|pages= 625–629|doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2012.10.026|issn=1600-0641|pmid=23131523|doi-access= free}}</ref> With the affirmation of the [[Higgs boson]] discovery in 2013, the last particle predicted by the [[Standard Model]] of particle physics was found.<ref name="CERN March 2013">{{cite press release |last=O'Luanaigh |first=C. |date=March 14, 2013 |title=New results indicate that new particle is a Higgs boson |publisher=[[CERN]] |url=http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2013/03/new-results-indicate-new-particle-higgs-boson |access-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020000722/http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2013/03/new-results-indicate-new-particle-higgs-boson |archive-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, [[gravitational wave]]s, predicted by [[general relativity]] a century before, were [[First observation of gravitational waves|first observed]].<ref name="iop2017oct16">{{Cite journal |doi = 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9|title = Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger|journal = The Astrophysical Journal|volume = 848|issue = 2|page = L12|year = 2017|last1 = Abbott|first1 = B.P.|last2 = Abbott|first2 = R.|last3 = Abbott|first3 = T.D.|last4 = Acernese|first4 = F.|last5 = Ackley|first5 = K.|last6 = Adams|first6 = C.|last7 = Adams|first7 = T.|last8 = Addesso|first8 = P.|last9 = Adhikari|first9 = R.X.|last10 = Adya|first10 = V.B.|last11 = Affeldt|first11 = C.|last12 = Afrough|first12 = M.|last13 = Agarwal|first13 = B.|last14 = Agathos|first14 = M.|last15 = Agatsuma|first15 = K.|last16 = Aggarwal|first16 = N.|last17 = Aguiar|first17 = O.D.|last18 = Aiello|first18 = L.|last19 = Ain|first19 = A.|last20 = Ajith|first20 = P.|last21 = Allen|first21 = B.|last22 = Allen|first22 = G.|last23 = Allocca|first23 = A.|last24 = Altin|first24 = P.A.|last25 = Amato|first25 = A.|last26 = Ananyeva|first26 = A.|last27 = Anderson|first27 = S.B.|last28 = Anderson|first28 = W.G.|last29 = Angelova|first29 = S.V.|last30 = Antier|first30 = S.|display-authors = 29|bibcode = 2017ApJ...848L..12A|arxiv = 1710.05833|s2cid = 217162243 | doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.aar2149|title=Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show|journal=Science|year=2017|last1=Cho|first1=Adrian}}</ref> In 2019, the international collaboration [[Event Horizon Telescope]] presented the first direct image of a [[black hole]]'s [[accretion disk]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2019 |title=Media Advisory: First Results from the Event Horizon Telescope to be Presented on April 10th {{!}} Event Horizon Telescope |url=https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/media-advisory-first-results-event-horizon-telescope-be-presented-april-10th |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420135254/https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/media-advisory-first-results-event-horizon-telescope-be-presented-april-10th |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref><!-- Should be one paragraph until ~2040, as it represents a quarter of the century -->