1. Discovery of the Higgs boson, the exclusive 'God particle'

Top breakthrough: A representation of traces of traces of a proton-proton collision measured in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experience in the search for the Higgs boson

Emotional moment: Professor Peter Higgs appears to wipe away a tear after scientists at the Large Hadron Collider claim to have possibly discovered a particle believed to be the Higgs boson
2.The Denisovan Genome
3.Making Eggs From Stem Cells
4.Curiosity's Landing System
5.X-ray Laser Provides Protein Structure
6.Precision Engineering of Genomes
7.Majorana Fermions
8.The ENCODE Project
9.Brain-Machine Interfaces