Feature Humans Science & Society: News of the year, 2008 Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in the interface of Science & Society. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories. By Science News December 19, 2008 at 7:03 pm - 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 The polar bear made it onto the US endangered species list as Polar bears listed as threatened Climate disruption cited as main threat to Arctic creature The polar bear made it onto the U.S.