Technology has immortality, cures for the worlds devastating diseases, quantum computing and a host of other science fiction notions in its grasp. Current trends in a number of areas indicate that over the next 10 years many of these technologies will come to fruition. "The Next 10 Years" tracks the trends that will transform our everyday lives in almost unimaginable ways.

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Three industries picked to grow - and quickly - Your Money - International Herald Tribune: "Any seasoned investor can predict, with some degree of confidence, which industry sectors will be hot in 10 years. The skill is to identify the companies that will make future headlines - and to do it before Wall Street gets wind"

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein's Strangest Theory - New York Times: "This fall scientists announced that they had put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a 'cat state.'
No, they were not sprawled along a sunny windowsill. To a physicist, a 'cat state' is the condition of being two diametrically opposed conditions at once, like black and white, up and down, or dead and alive."

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Adult Brain Cells Do Keep Growing - Yahoo! News: "The apocryphal tale that you can't grow new brain cells just isn't true. Neurons continue to grow and change beyond the first years of development and well into adulthood, according to a new study.
The finding challenges the traditional belief that adult brain cells, or neurons, are largely static and unable to change their structures in response to new experiences"

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Wired News:: "When seeking the source of a mysterious malaise, few people would think to blame ions trapped in their mattress coils or cyclotronic resonance from the electrical system. "

adn.com | front : Permafrost-thawing concern deepens: "Warming temperatures could melt the top 11 feet of permafrost in Alaska by the end of the century -- damaging roads and buildings with sinkholes, transforming forest and tundra into swamps, and releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the air. "

Wired News:: "In the tech world, 2005 was a period of bold ideas and exciting breakthroughs -- shadowed, at times, by devastating reversals"

Evolution whispers some secrets - Science - Specials - smh.com.au: "Researchers are unlocking our biology, but big questions about mankind's past remain. Deborah Smith looks back on a momentous year in science."

Top 10 tech trends for 2006: "Once again, it's time for SiliconValley.com's annual look into a crystal ball for technology trends in 2006. Never mind that the smartest people in tech wouldn't dare make serious predictions about what innovations will catch fire next year. We make a humble try anyway."

Slowly, Cancer Genes Tender Their Secrets - New York Times: "But to their own amazement, scientists are now finding that untangling the genetics of cancer is not impossible. In fact, they say, what looked like an impenetrable shield protecting cancer cells turns out to be flimsy. And those seemingly impervious cancer cells, Dr. Golub said, 'are very much poised to die.'"

Friday, December 16, 2005

Rarely have science and nature dominated daily life and generated so much debate as in 2005. It was a year of clashes, between nature and man, science and religion, and sometimes even between scientists. Along the way, some important and amazing discoveries were made.