Links to all these awesome stories below! Finish 2016 on a high note and SUBSCRIBE! bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: dftba.com/besmart 1. Gravitational waves: www.nature.com/news/gravitational-waves-1.19321 2. AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol: www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/the-invisible-opponent/475611/ 3. CRISPR tested in a human: www.nature.com/news/crispr-gene-editing-tested-in-a-person-for-the-first-time-1.20988 4. Minimal synthetic organism: www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/synthetic-microbe-lives-less-500-genes 5. SpaceX rocket landings: www.space.com/33461-spacex-rocket-landings-video-supercut.html 6. Closest known exoplanet: www.eso.org/public/news/eso1629/ 7. Alzheimer’s drug trial success: www.sciencealert.com/a-new-alzheimer-s-drug-just-hit-a-major-milestone-in-a-human-clinical-trial 8. Three-parent baby born: www.newscientist.com/article/2107219-exclusive-worlds-first-baby-born-with-new-3-parent-technique/ 9. Paris climate agreement goes into effect: www.wired.com/2016/12/2016-pivotal-year-war-climate-change/ 10. Antarctic ozone hole is healing: www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36674996 11. Ross Sea becomes largest marine protected area: news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/ross-sea-marine-protected-area-antarctica/ 12. Giant pandas are no longer endangeredL www.worldwildlife.org/stories/giant-panda-no-longer-endangered 13. Wild tigers on the rise: news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160410-tiger-numbers-rise-wwf-conservation-double-population/ 14. Cool new species: www.livescience.com/54546-chewbacca-beetle-from-new-guinea.html www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/02/480437128/insect-named-for-ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-step-toward-equality-of-the-6-legged-sex www.livescience.com/55563-game-of-thrones-dragon-ant.html www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38325099 15. Casper the ghost octopus: www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/06/check_out_ghost_like_octopus_dubbed_casper_that_could_be_new_species.html 16. Ghost shark filmed: news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/pointy-nosed-blue-chimaeras-ghost-sharks/ 17. LIchen symbiosis decoded: www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/how-a-guy-from-a-montana-trailer-park-upturned-150-years-of-biology/491702/ 18. Jeremy the backwards snail finds a partner: www.wired.co.uk/article/snail-jeremy-left-handed-love 19. Solar powered plane flies around world: www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/26/solar-impulse-plane-makes-history-completing-round-the-world-trip 20. New glasses for colorblind people: www.technologyreview.com/s/601782/how-enchromas-glasses-correct-color-blindness/ 21. Juno mission updates: www.missionjuno.swri.edu/ 22. Rosetta completes comet mission: gizmodo.com/watch-rosetta-s-entire-mission-to-a-comet-in-just-four-1790438586 23. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko’s year in space: www.nasa.gov/content/a-year-in-space ---------------- It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below! Facebook: www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter: twitter.com/okaytobesmart twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Tumblr: www.itsokaytobesmart.com Instagram: instagram.com/jtotheizzoe Snapchat: YoDrJoe Produced by PBS Digital Studios Music via APM Stock images from SciencePhoto www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock www.shutterstock.com

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