Topic Tuesday #76 2013/12/31 - "New Years Eve"

Behold, the close of another revolution around the our bright celestial neighbor. Yes, another year is over. Some of us are more than pleased about this and others are sad yet hopeful that the next year will live up to their own unreasonable expectations. A lot has happened in 2013, and I am in the first camp of people that are ready to move along, but oh, there was so much to see in 2013!
A brief year in review, so while you are lifting a libation to you lips to toast while toasty and let your " auld lang syne" breath forth, let's also remember what we did.

Discovery of the Higgs Boson
Voyager 1 finally made it to interstellar space.
The Sun's magnetic poles flipped (we didn't die)
The universe is about 100 million years older than previously thought. 13.82 billion years.
A new Pope, and he's a rather nice man.
Space Telescope Kepler managed to find many "earth like" exoplanets, which is awesome.
China landed a robot on the moon.
Scientists at Cern started search for Anti-Gravity.
MANY new species were discovered.
India launched a spacecraft to Mars, and on the cheap too.
A solar cell (still in the lab) achieved a 44.7% efficency.
HIV Vaccine... Oh yeah.
Largest Volcano on Earth discovered in the Pacific.
A plethora of 3D printed organs were used.
Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented (whew, good).
3D printed Solar Panels...
Human Stem Cells created through, cloning.
3D printed organic ear, that manages to hear beyond human capabilities.
Bacteria is being used to turn algae into fuel.
The Curiosity Rover determined Mars; once had a thick atmosphere, contains the building blocks of life, was once a habitable environment  (in our terms), had drinkable water, and still has water in its topsoil.
Identified a new type of supernova.
New teeth were grown from mouse cells.
A supercomputer with over 1 million cores was brought online.

And so much more...

Let's make 2014 another year to remember.