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[โ€“] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

CRISPR

Corona vaccines

Online Streaming

Online Maps

Wikipedia

Drone Warfare

LHC

Paris climate treaty

[โ€“] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

CRISPR is the closest we get It might be the honorary winner since it was wasn't fully exploited until the 21st century, even though it was cloned and being used in the 90s.

[โ€“] xylogx@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Great list! I would also add to this PCR, the technology that allowed us to map the human genome.

[โ€“] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

PCR has been around since the 80s, though it has continued getting more efficient and cheaper