Every year, like clockwork, DISCOVER digs through reams of newspapers and gigabytes of Web sites to find the 100 most important and interesting science stories of the year. We're unveiling the top stories from 2006 over the next couple of weeks, one subject at a time. Here's the whole list (only subscribers get access to the whole special package immediately).

Also check out the results of our year-in-science poll, in which readers chose Pluto Demoted as the biggest story of the year.

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