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?
What Is the Universe Made Of?宇宙は何から作られているのか? What Is the Biological Basis of Consciousness?意識の生物学的基礎になっているのは何なのか? Why Do Humans Have So Few Genes?人間の遺伝子は、なぜこんなにも少ないのか? To What Extent Are Genetic Variation and Personal Health Linked?遺伝的変異と個人的な健康とはどの程度関連しているのか? Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified?物理学の法則を統一することは可能なのか? How Much Can Human Life Span Be Extended?概要:人間の寿命は何処までのばせるのだろう? What Controls Organ Regeneration?何が器官再生を制御しているのか? How Can a Skin Cell Become a Nerve Cell?皮膚細胞はどうしたら神経細胞になれるのか? How Does a Single Somatic Cell Become a Whole Plant?単一の体細胞はどのようにして植物全体を作り出すのか? How Does Earth's Interior Work?地球の内部はどのように働いているのか? Are We Alone in the Universe?私たちは宇宙の中で一人ぼっちなのか? How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise?地球の生命は、どこでどのようにして誕生したのか? What Determines Species Diversity?何が種の多様性を決定するのか? What Genetic Changes Made Us Uniquely Human?どんな遺伝子の変化が、私たちを人間にしたのか? How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved?記憶は、どのように格納されて検索されるのか? How Did Cooperative Behavior Evolve?協調的な振る舞いはどのようにして発展したのか? How Will Big Pictures Emerge from a Sea of Biological Data?生物学的データの海から、どのような大規模な構図が現れるでしょう? How Far Can We Push Chemical Self-Assembly?私たちは化学的自己アセンブリをどれだけ推し進められるでしょうか? What Are the Limits of Conventional Computing?従来のコンピューティングの限界はどのくらいですか? Can We Selectively Shut Off Immune Responses?私たちは選択的に免疫反応を止めることができますか? Do Deeper Principles Underlie Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality?より深化した原則が量子の不確定性と非局所性の基礎になるのか? Is an Effective HIV Vaccine Feasible?有効なHIVワクチンというものは可能なのか? How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be?地球温暖化によって世界はどこまで暑くなるのか? What Can Replace Cheap Oil -- and When?何が安い石油を代替可能か? そして、それはいつになるのか? Will Malthus Continue to Be Wrong?マルサスの予測は、今後もはずれ続けるのか?