There are always controversy, disputes, and debates along with the development of science and technology, which make scientific content even richer and diversified, and contribute to the advancement of science and technology at the same time. Space exploration, gene editing, artificial intelligence, environmental pollution and other issues aroused the ripples in the science and technology community in 2016. This paper selects and reviews the ten hot events of science and technology in 2016 for the reader.

hot events of science and technology  /  scientific controversy  /  science subject  /  frontier progress