2005 Scientific Highlights

Nomad37 writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has a great wrap-up of the great moments in 2005 for science. The story covers everything from evolution to space exploration, the role of genetics in brain disorder to nuclear fusion. The story provides a neat overview for those of us who haven't been checking Slashdot regularly enough!"

Why check?

[grub]

The story provides a neat overview for those of us who haven't been checking Slashdot regularly enough!

The dupes make it so we don't have to check regularly, silly.

2005 isn't finished yet

[Frequency Domain]

The authors of the article are really going to have egg on their face when the aliens land next week.

Re:Nice - oh yeah, I forgot...

[Starker_Kull]

...from the article: "Not even the US President, George Bush, could ignore the historic hurricane season in the north Atlantic this year." - heh, heh, heh....

[Ducks and applies SPF50 flame-block]

2005 Scientific Highlights

[Forget4it]

2005 Scientific Highlights That's whole lot of highlights!

Wait a minute, wait a minute

[Anonymous Coward]

"...who haven't been checking Slashdot regularly enough!"

What, you mean BSD isn't dead?

Mickey's genetic code

[jdbartlett]

I thought the real breakthrough was when they cracked Mickey's genetic code and found out that while man shares 96% DNA with chimps, he also shares 90% DNA with mice, his other cousin. Woman refuses to share DNA.

Re:Nice.

[jdbartlett]

It was a T-Rex and a domestic cat, actually.

Eventually, dogs replaced the T-Rex as the most popular non-feline household pet, but the name "Rex" was still kept for the sake of nostalgia.

The cat's name was Tiddles.

Re:Hey, fucktard.

[Anonymous Coward]

umm... you need to get laid.

How does that song go...

[ch-chuck]

Dupe dupe dupe dupe of url
dupe dupe dupe of url
dupe dupe dupe of url

As I walk through this world
Nothing can stop the dupe of url
And you, you are my girl
No one can hurt you, oh, no

Funny...explain this...

[Imposter_of_myself]

For all of the "evolutionists" out there... The world of science can't explain the power source for a "permanent" magnet as it hangs on a refrigerator door, YET you can explain the "origin of species". Hubris? (Weekends are good for a little "trolling" ;-)

Re:2005 isn't finished yet

[Anonymous Coward]

It's premature to reveal everything, but let's just say that NASA aren't the only ones capable of placing a probe on Uranus.

like the kind of probes with a big satellite dish that cause you to fart fire?

Re:Power source for post it note

[Darby]

If a refridgerator magnet needs a power source, what is the power source for the Post-It(tm) note hanging beside it?

Gluons, duh.