tl;dr:

1) Higgs Boson

2) Curiosity lands on Mars

3) Rise of rare variants

4) Genome sequencing of fetuses

5) Quantum teleportation distance broken

6) XNA: synthetic DNA

7) Space X launches to space station

8) Earth's exoplanet twin

9) Scientists reach Lake Vostok

10) Invasive chimpanzee research ending

The gene sequencing seems like a standout, but they're all pretty amazing.

Bringing us closer to Dat Singularity...