There are a number of interesting presentations and videos to
watch of leading scientists discussing the issues at the meeting website.
Not exact matches
In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry:
Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object
of scorn to skeptics (he will be
watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or
leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)
An international team
of scientists led by the UK's John Innes Centre and including
scientists from Australia, Portugal, China and Italy has perfected a way
of watching genes move within a living plant cell.
Until now,
scientists looked at low - energy electrons to find these accelerations zones, but a group
of scientists lead by Matthew Argall
of the University
of New Hampshire in Durham has shown it's possible, and in fact easier, to identify these regions by
watching high - energy electrons.