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H1N1swepttheplanetWordsbyLizzieBuchenTheLHCbrokeaworldrecordThehigh-energyphysicscrownhaspassedfromtheUnitedStatestoEurope.On30NovembertheLargeHadronCollider(LHC)nearGeneva,Switzerland,becamethehighest-energyacceleratorintheworld,breakingtherecordlongheldbytheTevatronatFermilabinBatavia,Illinois.Europe’sproton-pummellingbehemothhadspentmostoftheyearinrecoveryafteranelectricalfailureduringitsfirstruninSeptember2008causedmassivedamage.ByDecember2009,head-oncollisionsattheLHChadreached2.36teraelectronvolts;physicistsplantobeginscienceatthisenergylevelin2010,withthehopeoffindingevidenceofthelong-soughtHiggsbosonanddarkmatter.Climatee-mailswerehackedInwhatclimate-changescepticsarecallingthescandalofthedecade—andmanyclimatescientistsarecallingameaninglessnuisance—morethan1,000e-mailsbetweentopresearcherswerehackedfromtheClimaticResearchUnit(CRU)attheUniversityofEastAnglia,UK,justweeksbeforetheCopenhagenclimatesummitbegan.Someofthee-mailsrevealedfrustrationwithdataandacavalierattitudetowardssceptics,buttheydidnotdiscreditthesolidbodyofevidenceshowingthattheworldisgettingwarmer,probablyatthehandsofhumans.Thee-mailsdid,however,emboldensceptics,whointerpretedthemasevidenceofaglobalconspiracy.CRUdirectorPhilJones,whocomposedmostofthemorecontroversiale-mails,hassteppedasidewhileanindependentpanelinvestigates.TheMoonwasfoundtobedampAdecades-longdebatehasbeenresolved:watericecanaccumulateinfrigidcratersontheMoon.On9OctobertherocketboosterofNASA’sLunarCraterObservationandSensingSatellite(LCROSS)slammedintoalunarcraterthatreceivesnosunlight,kickingupaplumeofdustthatwasdisappointingtospectatorsbutexcitingforscientists.JustbeforeLCROSScrashed,itsinstrumentsdetectedwaterinthedust,suggestingthatvapourhadfrozenintothecraterfloor.Otherspectrahintedatothermolecules,suchascarbondioxide,mercuryandmethane.ResearchershopetoexploretheiceforcluesabouttheSolarSystem’shistory.Scienceweath
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