What stories grabbed your attention this year? Was it the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa or the European Space Agency’s successful landing on a comet? Ira Flatow and a panel of science editors and writers discuss the biggest stories in science and technology of 2014.

Below are links to SciFri stories on the discussed topics:

Ebola (oldest to most recent)
·       Ebola Outbreak Continues in West Africa
·       Can an Experimental Therapy Be Used to Treat Ebola?
·       The Race to Contain, Rather Than Cure, Ebola
·       Ebola Vaccines Fast-Tracked As Outbreak Slows 

Rosetta Mission (oldest to most recent)
·       Close-Up With a Comet 
·       Scientists Sniff Smelly Comet 
·       The First Touchdown on a Comet 

Hacking
·       Delving Into the Security of the Internet of Things 

Scientific Retractions
·       Keeping an Eye on Wayward Studies
·       Detecting the ‘Bang’ from the Big Bang 

Climate
·       Another Climate Report, But Who’s Listening? 
·       The EPA’s New Proposal to Curb Carbon Emissions
·       As California Dries Up, Locals Hope for El Niño
·       The People’s March Against Climate Change 
·       Climate Deal or Not, Fight Against Global Warming Has Begun

Dinosaurs
·       A Bird-Like ‘Chicken from Hell’ Dino Discovery 
·       Supermassive Dinosaur Would Have ‘Feared Nothing’

Smartwatches and Technology
·       Fashioning the Future
·       Bridging the Rift: Oculus’ Answer to Virtual Reality
·       Seeing (and Feeling) the Future of Virtual Reality With the Oculus Rift

Space
·       Test Launch Marks New Phase for NASA 
·       Making Space a More Democratic Place 

Drones and Robots
·       Robot Roundup 
·       Squarepusher Rocks with Bots 
·       Would You Trust a Robot to Schedule Your Life? 
·       Dispatches from SXSW Interactive 2014

Science and Politics
·       Scientists Speak Out About Attacks on Science 

Europa
·       A Jovian Moon With Earth-Like Tectonics

Is there a science story that we missed? Add your top pick of 2014 in the comments.