Science Top 10

"Evolution is not just something that scientists study as an esoteric enterprise." - Colin Norman, Science

This quote prefaces the BBC's article on the Science magazine's article featuring the Top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2005.

Curiously enough, experiments and studies that furthered the understanding of evolution (Evolution in action) were named as the top breakthrough of 2005. [Curiously, because of the "debate" over the validity of evolutions' claims, and because of the alternate "theory" purporting to supernatural forces designing life reached tipping point in multitudes of court cases in the US. Heck, even the White House had comments on it. The debate, and its associated contrasts deserve their own post]

Wise-ass comments aside, this is the year that saw the Huygens land on Saturn, and the founding of the ITER (International Themo-nuclear Experimental Reactor).

More year-wise top breakthroughs from the Beeb(back to 1999's stem-cells breakthrough)
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

And Science Mag's what to expect in 2006. Interesting. Very interesting.