Top 10 Discoveries of the decade

1. Higgs boson – all particles in universe has mass
2. CRISPR - genome editing
3. Gravitational waves - ripples from two black holes colliding
4. AlphaGo - AI beats human supremacy in a game, GO
5. Layla’s gene therapy - saved life of a 1year old by gene editing
6. Denisovans - Fossilised finger bone of the Denisovans species discovered 
7. Quantum supremacy - Google’s Quantum Computer does calculations like none other
8. Proxima Centauri b - Planet like Earth at a distance of 4.2 light years from Earth.
9. Face transplants - except eyeballs and tongue, a man got a whole new face
10. Richard III - remains of Richard III found from a car park in UK

Source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432613-200-new-scientist-ranks-the-top-10-discoveries-of-the-decade/