Below are some of the highlights from 2014, a combination of staff picks and our most popular articles.
10. 'Space bubbles' may have led to deadly battle in Afghanistan
9. Isolated tribe makes contact for the first time
8. Are beards about to die out?
7. Ancient magma plumbing found buried below moon's largest dark spot
KOPERNIK OBSERVATORY/NASA/COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES/MIT/JPL/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
There may be nothing new under the sun, but scientists have found something new under the moon. Several kilometers below the largest dark spot on our satellite’s near side, researchers have discovered a giant rectangle thought to be the remnants of a geological plumbing system that spilled lava across the moon about 3.5 billion years ago. The finding shows that the moon, early in its history, experienced tectonic and volcanic activity normally associated with large planets.
6. How to survive a nuclear explosion
5. 'Vampire' squirrel has world's fluffiest tail
4. Rocks made of plastic found on Hawaiian beach
PATRICIA CORCORAN
It’s been a big year for plastic, from researchers developing self-recycling plastic to discovering trillions of pieces of plastic trapped in Arctic ice. But our favorite plastic story is this one: scientists finding a new type of rock on Hawaiian shores, one cobbled together from beach sand, seashells, corals, and, yes, plastic.
3. 'Bigfoot' samples analyzed in lab
2. Even in the wild, mice run on wheels
1. Black Death left a mark on human genome
Courtesy: Science Magazine
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