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发信人: McKinsey (雪山环抱的小镇·科罗拉多), 信区: LifeScience
标 题: top25
发信站: 水木社区 (Sat Jul 2 06:59:53 2005), 站内
THE QUESTIONS
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.
[This special news section is being made available free to all visitors to
Science Online.]
EDITORIAL GUIDE
Signals from the Past
L. B. Ray, E. M. Adler, N. R. Gough
STKE editors provide a small taste of the cell signaling articles published
during Science's 125 years.
[Full-text access may require a separate subscription to STKE]
PERSPECTIVES
Reactive Oxygen Species and Aging -- Evolving Questions
L. L. Dugan and K. L. Quick
How do ROS contribute to aging in higher organisms?
Metabolomics -- Opening Another Window into Aging
B. S. Kristal and Y. I. Shurubor
What can analysis of the metabolome tell us about aging?
NEWS FOCUS
Will We Find Biomarkers of Aging?
R. J. Davenport
How Can We Use Moderate Stresses to Fortify Humans and Slow Aging?
M. Leslie
How Can We Craft a Better Theory to Explain the Evolution of Aging?
M. Leslie
[Full-text access may require a separate subscription to SAGE KE]
FEATURES
Undisciplined
J. Kling
A cancer researcher finds rapidly evolving genes in a place that in theory
should be evolutionarily stable.
Shedding Light on the Dark Side of the Universe
C. Parks
Cosmologist Licia Verde studies dark energy, dark matter, and the evolution
of our universe.
Pushing the Boundaries of Science Fiction
E. Pain
Hunting for the genetic basis of disease susceptibility may be a risky career
choice, but well worth it.
Finding the Right Response to a Global Invader
A. Forde
Studying natural effective immune responses to HIV may offer insights into a
new vaccine strategy.
[Free to all visitors to Science's Next Wave.]
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