If anything can justify "national pride", discoveries like these can. But why could the BSA only think of 6 worthwhile things to mention from the last 60 years (none of which were in the last 15)? I'm not sure whether it's because they had trouble coming up with stuff, there's not much to discuss, they wanted to only mention the best of the best, or my "how many examples" standards are too high. But I suspect some people who will comment on this thread will be persuaded of one of those ideas, or perhaps another I've not thought of, so it might make for good discussion. But perhaps what would make for better discussion would be some other examples of science innovation in the last 60 years in the UK. But perhaps what would make for even better discussion if any examples of scientific innovation of which we are proud, or for which we are grateful, or which we find impressive. Come on, people - help me out here.