TIME's Best Inventions of 2008
From a genetic testing service to an invisibility cloak to an ingenious public bike system to the world's first moving skyscraper — here are TIME's picks for the top innovations of 2008
40. The Seven New Deadly Sins
In March the Vatican updated the traditional seven deadly sins with seven new social sins, to bring the list into line with the temptations of the modern world. The additions: bioethical sins, morally dubious experiments that harm human embryos, drug abuse, polluting, social injustice, accumulating excessive wealth and creating poverty.
View the full list for "TIME's Best Inventions of 2008"Latest Lists
Most Popular »
- The End of Audacity
- The Man Behind Russia's Deadly Train Blast
- Hate Your Job? Here's How to Reshape It
- Where Did Health Care Reform Go?
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- The Pakistani Taliban's War on Schoolchildren
- The Toughest Diet
- Toyota's Big Recall Unlikely to Quiet Critics
- Why Congress is Furious at the Fed
- World's Most Shocking Apology: Oprah to James Frey
- For Churches, Beefed-Up Security Is a Mixed Blessing
- Where China Goes Next
- Could Jacob Zuma Be the President South Africa Needs?
- Is the Dollar Dying a Slow Death?
- New Legal Protections for the Elderly
- To Help the Kids, Parents Go Back to School
- Why Parents (Still) Don't Matter
- Is There Really a Credit Crunch?
- Losing Your Job: A Blow to Your Health Too
- The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
RSS