---
title: "WATCH: What Were The Top Scientific Discoveries of 2014?"
description: "Each year, there is a singular scientific development that is the Breakthrough of the Year. From blood that can ensure that the old are kept young to glasses that help the blind navigate, 2014 was a great year for scientific discoveries. Let us know what you think the best scientific development was, and then seen..."
date: "2014-12-28"
modified: "2014-12-28"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/watch-top-scientific-discoveries-2014"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# WATCH: What Were The Top Scientific Discoveries of 2014?

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scienc.png>)

Each year, there is a singular scientific development that is the Breakthrough of the Year. From blood that can ensure that the old are kept young to glasses that help the blind navigate, 2014 was a great year for scientific discoveries. Let us know what you think the best scientific development was, and then seen this video of the top picks (really handy if you didn't follow science too much this year).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o9rsq3TYQk

Read more about [these discoveries here.](<http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6216/1444.full>)

### Author social links  
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