What was the most newsworthy science event of 2004?

[banquo's_bumble_puppy]

In your opinion...

mine-

Cassini
Mars Rovers
SpaceShip One

[kucharek]

SSO is engineering, not science.

:-)

[Disinfo Agent]

Even though we're on an astronomy forum, and this was the year of the Cassini Mission and the Mars rovers, I would pick this discovery (http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=17281&highlight=).

[aurora]

Discover did a top 100 list for 2003, maybe they'll do one for 2004. discover top 100 (http://www.discover.com/issues/jan-04/features/top-100-list/)

Scientific American, too Sci Am (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001F041-96D1-1FE8-96D183414B7F0000)

Science News yearly archive Science News (http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/archives/year.asp)

I think I saw an advert on the Science Channel for a show with Bill Nye ranking the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.

[George]

I think chocolate for coughing was a sweet discovery. :)

[Eta C]

Here is the American Institute of Physics' list of the top physics stories of 2004 (http://www.aip.org/pnu/2004/split/711-1.html). It includes Cassini, but also a lot of other significant results from the last year.

[Fram]

I have to agree with Disinfo agent. Some of the new medicines in production (for MS amongst others) are quite newsworthy as well. And the finding of Atlantis (in different places, no less!). 8-[

[Disinfo Agent]

And the finding of Atlantis (in different places, no less!). 8-[
I didn't hear about that...

[Fram]

There have been a few threads about that on this board and on FWIS, I believe.
After checking, it seems it was only on FWIS. Whatever, it was first announced that Atlantis was on the coast of Spain, close to Gibraltar (on the Atlantic side, of course), and recently it was found near Cyprus, IIRC, on some very doubtful underwater 'pictures', by a very amateur archeologist.
So, to be concise, it was a lame joke.

[sarongsong]

Water on Mars =D>

[ToSeek]

Water on Mars =D>

Science magazine agrees. (http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15723)

[A Thousand Pardons]

Wot? no Genesis crash? I guess we're maturing...
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/08/genesis.crash.cnn/

[Doodler]

Wot? no Genesis crash? I guess we're maturing...
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/08/genesis.crash.cnn/

Perhaps that there were still some scientifically useful collectors retrieved, but the fact that it hit wasn't scientifically significant in and of itself.

[captain swoop]

Spaceship One

[Parrothead]

From Astronomy Magazine's Jan issue (top space stories, listed #10 - #1) : Halloween's Solar Storms, Genesis mission, Transit of Venus, Stardust meeting with Comet Wild 2, Cassini at Saturn, Earthlings' Assault on Mars, Hubble's Troubles, Hubble's Ultra Deep Field, Exoplanets Aplenty, Discovery of Sedna.