Science 2008

• Science Milestones, 2008
  New Lab on ISS • Polar Bears Listed as a Threatened Species • Reducing Greenhouse Emissions • Trans-Fat Ban • China's First Spacewalk • World's Largest Science Experiment
• Large Hadron Collider
  Physicists hope the LHC will help solve such mysteries as the origin of mass
• Disasters in 2008
  Monthly list of disasters across the world, from January's riots in Kenya to the December ice storm that knocked out power for 800,000 people in New England
• Earthquakes in 2008
  Location and magnitude of earthquakes around the world, from China to Nevada
• Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes in 2008
  More than 67,000 people died in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit China in May
• Volcanic Eruptions 2008
  Eruption status of volcanoes worldwide, from Adatara in Japan to Zacatecas in Mexico