Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2004

TarrVetus writes "Science Magazine's The Top Ten Science Breakthroughs of 2004 have been announced. The winner: The NASA Rovers and their evidence of water on Mars. The runner up was the Hobbit species found in Indonesia. Other breakthroughs include cloned human embryos and the first discovered pulsar pair."

Comments

What about the Beagle?

[Anonymous Coward]

Largest man-created crater on the surface of Mars? That's got to count for something!

Award should go to creation scientists

[Nine Tenths of The W]

For discovering that all previous science and history is false and the world is in fact a giant ant farm created 6000 years ago by a cloud dwelling egomaniac

Just in case the site gets slashdotted

[nizo]

Here is the list:

1. NASA rover finds water on Mars
2. Hobbits discovered in Indonesia, still searching for the one ring
3. Human embryos cloned
4. First pulsar pair discovered
5. Atkins diet proved sound
6. Turmeric found to be highly protective against many forms of cancer
7. Study shows eating chlorophyll will really oxygenate your blood
8. Elusive Batboy located
9. Discovery of hair-straightening treatment that causes water molucules to shrink
10. New condom developed that contains benzocaine to prolong the sex act

what about the remaining days in 04?

[Dreadlord]

If you have a scientific breakthrough, please wait till the next year to announce it, otherwise you won't make it the top 10 list.

Re:already /.ed?

[Vicsun]

BBC have more bandwidth than God. Slashdot is more likely to get BBCed than BBC is to get slashdotted. =)