Countless scientists who work tirelessly all around the world shaped science in 2021. You will never know most of their names. Nature magazine has a list of 10 scientists whose name you should know. Here’s more from Nature:

An Omicron investigator, a Mars explorer and an AI ethics pioneer are some of the people behind the year’s big research stories… Along with their colleagues, these individuals helped to make amazing discoveries and brought attention to crucial issues. Nature’s 10 is not an award or a ranking. The selection is compiled by Nature’s editors to highlight key events in science through the compelling stories of those involved….

Timnit Gebru, a researcher who studies the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), says her past year has been — in a word — horrible. Last December, she lost her job at Google after a row over the tech giant’s vetting of her work. The highly publicized ousting shocked scientists, including some in the firm, and thousands of researchers rallied to support her, amplifying her concerns around anti-Black discrimination in AI, and around the harms that the technology can cause to marginalized groups in society.

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