From bosons to Bigfoot: six science mysteries that might be solved in 2016
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-bosons-bigf...eries.html
EXCERPT: From the origin of life to the fate of the universe, there’s plenty scientists simply don’t know. But they are making progress. 2015 has been a great year for science: we’ve seen the agreement of climate deal, pictures of dwarf planets and evidence of flowing water on Mars. So what will happen in 2016 – are there any major science mysteries that could be solved? We asked three experts to speculate....
2016 : WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC] NEWS? WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT?
http://edge.org/contributors/what-do-you...t-makes-it
Daniel C. Dennett: "I’ve just treated myself to the first third, roughly, of this year’s Edge answers. Addictive, fascinating, exciting—even on topics that I already knew quite a lot about. This question turns out to be one of the best, in my opinion, and I think this should reverberate around the world. On the one hand I’m sorry I didn’t have the energy or attention to devote to composing an answer; on the other, I don’t think I could have come up with a worthy answer in comparison with most of those you’ve posted. Very high quality."
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-bosons-bigf...eries.html
EXCERPT: From the origin of life to the fate of the universe, there’s plenty scientists simply don’t know. But they are making progress. 2015 has been a great year for science: we’ve seen the agreement of climate deal, pictures of dwarf planets and evidence of flowing water on Mars. So what will happen in 2016 – are there any major science mysteries that could be solved? We asked three experts to speculate....
2016 : WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC] NEWS? WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT?
http://edge.org/contributors/what-do-you...t-makes-it
Daniel C. Dennett: "I’ve just treated myself to the first third, roughly, of this year’s Edge answers. Addictive, fascinating, exciting—even on topics that I already knew quite a lot about. This question turns out to be one of the best, in my opinion, and I think this should reverberate around the world. On the one hand I’m sorry I didn’t have the energy or attention to devote to composing an answer; on the other, I don’t think I could have come up with a worthy answer in comparison with most of those you’ve posted. Very high quality."