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From: Paul H. Christiansen11/17/2014 10:44:12 AM
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These are 3 breakthrough science ideas you’ll be talking about in 2015

For anyone who has ever said that all the STEM professions need is something to make them “cool” in order to attract more young people, look no further than the Breakthrough Prize award ceremony, which took place at NASA’s Hangar One in Silicon Valley Sunday. Seth MacFarlane hosted the awards show that attracted some of the biggest names in Hollywood – Kate Beckinsale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Diaz, Jon Hamm, and Eddie Redmayne — as presenters. Christina Aguilera even performed. The goal of these new awards, say the organizers, is to add an element of celebrity to the science field.

That means the real stars were the 12 winners of the $3 million Breakthrough Prizes, not the Hollywood stars on stage or the Internet luminaries such as Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Jack Ma who are funding the awards. Of the 12 awards handed out, six were awarded in the life science category; five in the math category; and one in physics. In case you’re keeping track – that $3 million payout for scientific genius is twice what they pay for Nobel Prizes and three times what the MacArthur Foundation pays for its “Genius” grants.

Out of the 12 big winners, here are three big ideas – one each in life sciences, math and physics – that are worth keeping an eye on in 2015:

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These are 3 breakthrough science ideas you’ll be talking about in 2015
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