Now that the shuttle has delivered the 1 billion dollar Kibo module from Japan to the International Space Station, I have a question:

Just what are they doing up there?

I know they do a lot of press conferences and TV sent to schools but I haven't heard of any real science being done on the ISS lately.

Of course, we're getting some information on how to live in space for extended periods of time but we could have done that (and did) on Skylab. The biggest news I've heard about the ISS lately has been about the Russians wanting to hit a golf ball into the void and a faulty toilet.

As for science I can't think of much except for some High School experiments with honey bees and something about growing crystals. And there's some space tourism too.

And when it comes to spin-off technologies for us here on Earth I can't think of anything. Nothing like the Apollo program.

Could someone fill me in on what the accomplishments of the ISS have been?