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Scientific American's Top 50

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the advancements-in-science dept.

dptalia writes "It's that time of year again, where everyone is putting out their best of 2006 lists. Last week, Popular Science did it, and today, Scientific American has released their top 50 list. Of note are improvements in RFID technology, discoveries in nantechnology, and net neutrality."

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  1. Slashdot's Top 10 by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not have a /. top 10 news stories of 2006, as slashback retrospective of the year 2006? Or something.

    Then we can have a poll of the top five, to let the readers decide which one is the top story of 2006.

    And I want my 15 min of slashfame for suggesting it.

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  2. Pure sciences by metlin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, is there a reason that advances in pure sciences (e.g. Theoretical Physics and Mathematics) are not mentioned in these lists?

    While some of those projects are science, most seem to be technology projects. The irony of this of course is that business and policy makers are given recognition, rather than some scientists and mathematicians, who probably make more significant contributions (e.g. Grigori Perelman).

    What's ironic, of course, is that these magazines are called Scientific American and Popular Science. /Rant