Reuters: EVOLUTION Is 2005's Top Scientific Breakthrough [SERIOUSLY!]

"Evolution Is 2005's Top Scientific Breakthrough"
By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, excerpt:

...Wide-ranging research published this year, including a study that showed a mere 4 percent difference between human and chimpanzee DNA, built on Charles Darwin's landmark 1859 work "The Origin of Species" and the idea of natural selection, the journal's editors wrote."Amid this outpouring of results, 2005 stands out as a banner year for uncovering the intricacies of how evolution actually proceeds," they wrote. "Ironically, also this year, some segments of American society fought to dilute the teaching of even the basic facts of evolution..."

IRONIC... There's more at the link above; And HERE: Top-10, 2005 Science Stories, Herb.