The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2012
- NASA’s Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars
- Artificial DNA Brings Us Closer Than Ever to Synthesizing Entirely New Forms of Life
- Computers Learn to Recognize the Content of Images for the First Time
- Ancient DNA from Denisovans Sheds Light on What Made Homo sapiens Successful
- Physicists Detect the Long-Sought Higgs Boson
- Researchers publish ENCODE, the “Encyclopedia” of DNA
- Researchers Create a Mammal Entirely from Stem Cells
- An Electronic Implant that can Dissolve Inside Your Body
- The First Study to Examine What Happens to Women Denied Abortions
- Spaceflight Goes Private
- The Environment is Falling to Shit, and People are Taking Notice
- Autism Symptoms Were Reversed in Mice
- A Working Tractor Beam
- The World’s Most High-Tech Condom
- The Most Comprehensive Face Transplant in History
- There Is More Water Than We Thought in the Solar System
- A Virus That Creates Electricity