Every year, Edge poses a new question to a collection of luminaries. This year's query: "What do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?"
They got 198 responses, some more compelling than others; you can browse them here. One of the more interesting replies came from the famed physicist Freeman Dyson, who noted one of the ways decentralized science has been taking on roles previously reserved for big institutions:
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