Top Ten Ideas of the Year In Medicine/Science 2007

So, the title is a bit misleading. I did not scour through multiple peer-reviewed journals to find the best of what's new out there, but I did enjoy The New York Times Magazine's end of the year issue, which is focused on the great new ideas of 2007. Among them are many new discoveries and innovations within science and medicine. They are all short pieces, 2-3 paragraphs long, but they do a decent job summarizing what's new out there. Here are a few I found particularly intriguing:

• Alzheimer’s Telephone Screening
  
  
• Ambiguity Promotes Liking
  
  
• The Appendix Rationale
  
  
• The 'Cat Lady' Conundrum
  
  
• Community Urinalysis
  
  
• Hope Can Be Worse Than Hopelessness
  
  
• Neurorealism
  
  
• Starch Made Us Human
  
  
• Vegansexuality
  
  
• Zygotic Social Networking
  

I actually ended up reading through all of them as I was studying procrastinating before exams. Most of them are worth the 30 seconds. Happy holidays!