Year-end lists inevitably leave room for debate and criticism, and ours is no exception. It was an eventful year, and we relied on voting among Scientific American editors to cull our candidates. Any of these notable achievements were certainly worthy but didn't make the final cut. The runners-up were:
• The discovery in South Africa of a new hominid, called Australopithecus sediba, that could be a lost member of our family tree
• The emergence of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a controversial way to recover natural gas trapped in deep rocks
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Top 10 Science Stories of 2010 [Slide Show]: Scientific American
