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SciDev.Net brings you the most commented on articles in 2012, including news, editorials and opinions, spanning topics as diverse...

From the discovery of the Higgs boson to the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, 2012 was an...

Researchers described roughly 15,000 to 18,000 new species in 2012, making choosing the most noteworthy a monstrous task. “...

It seems that an increasing number of scientific studies are just plain wrong and are ultimately retracted. Worse, a...

Every year marks beginnings and endings, but when it comes to space exploration, 2012 ranks as a big year...

The year 2012 was a major one for science. We saw scientists develop a new type of drug to...

At the end of every December, ScienceNOW takes a look back at some of its favorite stories of the...

From John Brockman at Edge.org: Over the years I’ve had the privilege to work with some of the more...

Much has been made of our ancestors “coming down out of the trees,” and many researchers view terrestrial bipedalism...

This was the year climate change vanished from the political agenda – and then suddenly reappeared, after Hurricane Sandy...