Science magazine top 125 big questions !!!

Science Magazine is celebrating their 125th anniversary by articles on 125 questions of science. Though I have n’t gone through all of it, I thought some of it might be of interest to you.

The Top 25
Essays by our news staff on 25 big questions facing science over the next quarter-century.

>	What Is the Universe Made Of?
>	What is the Biological Basis of Consciousness?
>	Why Do Humans Have So Few Genes?
>	To What Extent Are Genetic Variation and Personal Health Linked?
>	Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified?
>	How Much Can Human Life Span Be Extended?
>	What Controls Organ Regeneration?
>	How Can a Skin Cell Become a Nerve Cell?
>	How Does a Single Somatic Cell Become a Whole Plant?
>	How Does Earth’s Interior Work?
>	Are We Alone in the Universe?
>	How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise?
>	What Determines Species Diversity?
>	What Genetic Changes Made Us Uniquely Human?
>	How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved?
>	How Did Cooperative Behavior Evolve?
>	How Will Big Pictures Emerge from a Sea of Biological Data?
>	How Far Can We Push Chemical Self-Assembly?
>	What Are the Limits of Conventional Computing?
>	Can We Selectively Shut Off Immune Responses?
>	Do Deeper Principles Underlie Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality?
>	Is an Effective HIV Vaccine Feasible?
>	How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be?
>	What Can Replace Cheap Oil — and When?
>	Will Malthus Continue to Be Wrong?

So Much More to Know . . .
A roundup of 100 additional problems that should keep researchers busy for years to come.

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“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.”
– Alfred Korzybski