Nature 10 (2017)

Today we discover 10 people who mattered in science this year, enjoy Nature’s best in-depth features of 2017, and suggest that we just stick with USB forever.

This ‘10’ is drawn as a single line created using a machine-learning algorithm that finds the optimum path between a given set of points. (Martin Krzywinski)

This design speaks to the increasingly important role of artificial intelligence in science and technology. The image was created using a machine-learning algorithm designed to solve the travelling salesman problem, which asks for the optimum path between a given set of points. Thus, the ‘10’ is drawn as a single line. Image by Martin Krzywinski. More information on how it was created can be found in our Nature graphics blog.

10 people who mattered in science this year

From a gene corrector to an error detector, Nature profiles ten people whose role in science had a significant impact on the world — or whose position in the world had an important impact on science.

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