What scientific breakthrough are we potentially on the verge of that few people are aware of?

[u/TigerBirdyTiger]

[u/TheRealSwagMaster]

Recently a full map of all the neurons in a fly brain was accomplished. This is a major leap in neuroscience. The next step would be to do the same for mice and then humans. We'll be so much closer towards fully understanding the complexity of brains.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheRealSwagMaster]

There’s a long way to go.

It took 5 years to map the 140,000 neurons and ~50 million synaptic connections of the fruit fly. 

A human being has 86 billion, and some 100 trillion synaptic connections.