In a few days, the next decade will end, and this is an excellent reason to choose the brightest scientific discoveries of mankind.
Over the past ten years, scientists have made significant progress in understanding the human body, planet and space.
They first photographed a "black hole", discovered potentially habitable planets, created vaccines against terrible diseases, sent automatic devices to asteroids, and invented reusable rockets.
EP has collected 16 of the most striking scientific discoveries of the outgoing decade.
