Summary: <p><a rel="nofollow" class="guestlink">Corey S. Powell</a>, Editor at Large of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://discovermagazine.com/"><em>Discover</em> </a>magazine, talks about the biggest stories in science last year--including the new Mars rover; the discovery of the Higgs boson; the Human Microbiome Project; climate change, storms, and melting polar ice; private space flight; self-driving cars; the comeback of measles, mumps, and whooping cough; and more!</p> <p>We've covered a number of the stories listed in Discover's top science stories of 2012:</p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/oct/19/please-explain-fungal-meningitis-and-compounding-pharmacies/">Please Explain: Fungal Meningitis and Compounding Pharmacies</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/sep/28/please-explain-prosthetics/">Please Explain: Prosthetics</a> (including mind-controlled prosthetics)</p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/jul/20/please-explain-higgs-boson/">Please Explain: The Higgs Boson</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/aug/08/physics-illuminating-universe/">Physicist Lisa Randall on the Higgs boson</a> discovery</p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/jun/22/please-explain-human-microbiome-project/">Please Explain: The Human Microbiome Project</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/sep/27/arsenic-and-rice/">Arsenic in Rice</a></p><p>?</p>
