EPL GAMEWEEK 21 AT A GLANCE

Chelsea shocked by QPR, Manchester United maintain top spot, Arsenal frustrated by Southampton, Newcastle continue to struggle, Liverpool progress upwards, all the Barclays Premier League results on Game Week 20. Chelsea dropped a place down to fourth after a shock 1-0 defeat to Premier League strugglers Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge. A 77-minute striker from Shaun Wright-Phillips helped QPR win their second game this season. However, Harry Redknapp's side remain at the bottom of the table. Luis Suarez continued his sublime form with another brace to thrash Sunderland 3-0 at Anfield. The Reds moved up to eighth spot after another victory while Sunderland are only four points clear from the drop. Newcastle United have now lost three in a row, the latest was against Everton. Leighton Baines and Victor Anichebe scored after Papiss Demba Cisse netted warly on. West Brom Albion failed to keep up with their high flying start after losing 2-1 at the Hawthorns against Fulham. Steve Clarke's side have now lost back-to-back matches and are currently seventh in the league while Fulham ended their winless run. Stoke City suffered their heaviest defeat this season after being dominated by defending champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The 3-0 win over the best defence in the league kept City seven-points behind league leaders Manchester United. Swansea City avoided defeat thanks to Danny Graham's late equaliser against Aston Villa. The game ended 2-2 at the Liberty Stadium with Villa only two points clear from the relegation zone. Tottenham moved to third place with a 3-1 win over Reading at White Hart Lane. Spurs have gone unbeaten in five league games thanks to goals from Michael Dawson, Emmanuel Adebayor and Clint Dempsey. West Ham United are back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Norwich City. First-half goals from Mark Noble and Joey O'Brien sealed all three points. Hammers avoided a late comeback from the visitors as Russell Martin pulled one back during injury-time. Javier Hernandez and Robin van Persie kept Manchester United and top and seven-points clear of title rivals Manchester City as they beat Wigan Athletic 4-0. The Latics are currently placed 18th with 18 points. Arsenal were denied all three points after drawing 1-1 against Southampton. The Gunners failed to close the gap on top four spots while Southampton are on 17th place with 18 points, level with relegation dwellers Wigan Athletic

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TOP SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGHS IN 2012

The past year had been a remarkable period for science. Everything from space to earth has been touched by many discoveries.

The science has created history across all lines from discovering Higgs Bososn to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. Not just the inventions, the year 2012 also scripted many historical records - the best one may be the new skydiving record created by the Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner. The passing year also blessed the science world with a Diamond planet, which is double the size of the earth.

As the year comes to an end, we give you sneak peak of the most important breakthroughs of this year.

Discovery of Diamond Planet

Diamond Planet (Wikipedia)

A new diamond planet has been discovered by India-born astronomer Nikku Madhusudhan. The planet which is named '55 Cancri e' is double the size and eight times the mass of the earth. The planet is said to be very hot and is composed of carbon.

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover (Wikipedia)

The year witnessed another historic moment when NASA launched its car-sized robotic rover Curiosity on the Red planet. NASA's Curiosity rover is on a two-year mission to find evidence of life on Mars.

The rover was launched with a mission of investigating the Martian climate and geology, assessment of environmental conditions and planetary habitability. In its mission to find earth-like life on Mars, rover has found geological evidence of dried river beds, giving an indication of a once flooded water body on the Red Planet.

Higgs Boson

In July 2012,  an elementary particle  has been identified  which is believed to be key to the formation of stars, planets and eventually life after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

Higgs Boson (Wikipedia)

The discovery of Higgs Boson, which is also called as God particle, is expected to redefine the human understanding of the universe. The particle is named after Physicist Peter Higgs, who along with other physicist, proposed a mechanism that suggested elementary particle in 1964.

Record-breaking Skydive

Record-breaking Skydive (Reuters)

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner rewrote the history when he jumped from more than 24 miles above Earth. The daredevil shattered a string of records in this freefall. He reached 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and arrived at the destination above the earth after two and a half hours.

SpaceX Dragon Space Capsule

SpaceX Dragon Space Capsule (Reuters)

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched NASA's Dragon space capsule into the orbit from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United States. The capsule is carrying about 1,200 pounds of supplies for the crew of international station and experiments designed by students that will be unloaded after the spacecraft reaches the station on May 24.