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The top 12 milestones in science and technology of 2012:

1. SOPA Blackout (January 18)

Wikipedia on the day of the blackout. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia on the day of the blackout. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. MegaUpload Shut Down (January 19)

Screenshot of megaupload.com
Screenshot of megaupload.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Facebook Goes Public (May 18)

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Current Facebook stock info, after having gone public, on Google Finance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Curiosity Lands on Mars (August 6)

NASA Curiosity Rover
NASA Curiosity Rover

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Single-dose Cure for Malaria Found (August 31)

With increasing use of this discovery, nets will no longer be needed for protection. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
With increasing implementation of this discovery, nets will no longer be needed for protection. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Scientists Find Living Cells in Woolly Mammoth Remains and Progress Toward Hopes of Cloning (September 12)

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Fossils of a woolly mammoth. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. iPhone 5 (September 21)

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iPhone 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Colored iPods (October 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrRHPf0_B3M

9. ConEdison Power Explosion Leaves Manhattan in the Dark (October 29)

10. Fade of the Blackberry

Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Blackberry smartphone. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Touchscreen Tablets

Google's Nexus 7 touch screen tablet is one of many that were released in 2012. Credit: WIkimedia Commons.
Google’s Nexus 7 touchscreen tablet is one of many that were released in 2012. Credit: WIkimedia Commons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Electric Cars

Electric Car charging. Credit: WIkimedia Commons.
Electric Car charging. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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