Editor's Note Science & Society To assemble a Top 10 list, Science News starts in June By Nancy Shute December 17, 2018 at 9:00 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print When most people were thinking about summer vacation, we were contemplating the biggest science stories of 2018. Yep, it takes more than six months of effort to put together Science News’ annual issue on the Top 10 science stories of the year.