Top 10 Science Discoveries Shake Down

As is traditional at the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, top 10 lists have come out. Both the online Wired Magazine and Science Magazine have come out with their own top 10 scientific discoveries. These are compared below side-by-side with links to additional information.

The two lists are different for most of the articles and the priority of the discoveries, reflecting different editorial perspectives I presume. Some of Wired choices are based on Science Magazine articles. You can get a good deal of information by merely signing up for free membership.

Wired Magazine	Science Magazine
1. Researchers Turn Skin Cells to Stem Cells	1. Human Genetic Variation
2. Chimpanzees Make Spears for Hunting	2. Reprogramming Cells
3. Mummified Dinosaur Excavated and Scanned	3. Tracing Cosmic Bullets
4. Enzymes Convert Any Blood Type to O	4. Receptor Visions
5. Laboratory Mice Cured of Rett Syndrome	5. Beyond Silicon?
6. Soft Tissue from T. Rex Leg Bone Analyzed	6. Electrons Take A New Spin
7. Engineers Create Transparent Material as Strong as Steel	7. Divide To Conquer on T cell division
8. Planet Discovered That Could Harbor Life	8. Doing More With Less on direct chemistry
9. Scientists Clone Rhesus Monkey to Produce Stem Cells	9. Back To The Future on memory and imagination
10. Transistors Get Way Smaller	10. Game Over on solving checkers