William Atkins
Saturday, 26 December 2009 21:07
Science -
Biology
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The science publications organization Scientific American has listed what it considers the top 10 science stories for 2009. They range from the collision of protons and a flu epidemic, to a world conference on climate. The SciAm slideshow highlights these major science stories in the year 2009.
Scientific American is a popular science periodical that is published internationally.
Its website states,
"Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 160 years."
SciAm states that it
"... has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide."
It is published in eighteen foreign languages around the world, including (in alphabetical order) Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, (Traditional) Chinese, (Simplified) Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish.
These top stories of 2009, according to the publishers of
Scientific American, include the Large Hadron Collider, the H1N1 flu epidemic, the human ancestor “Ardi,” and the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
Other major stories highlighted in the
Scientific American listing for 2009 include the AIDS vaccine trials, the NASA Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, and the environmental changes that affect the genes of humans.
Also included in the top ten science stories of 2009 are the NASA LCROSS spacecraft that found water on the Moon, the National Ignition Facility, and money to stimulate science.
Page two concludes with the SciAm website featuring the Top 10 Science Stories of 2009.
