the-guardian on S Anand

Final Frontier of Science

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:00:00 +0000

We are the final frontier. The Guardian asks leading scientists what they think will be the next revolution in science. (It’s almost a trend, spawning books like The Next Fifty Years.)

First came the Copernican revolution in the 16th century. The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus argued that the Earth was not at the centre of the solar system. Charles Darwin got personal more than 300 years later by implying that humans weren’t special either. With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin promoted his theory of evolution via natural selection. Nearly a century later, two Cambridge-based scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, unravelled the structure of DNA. So what’s next? What will be the fourth revolution?

‘We will invent our successors’ – Seth Shostak
‘We will understand the human mind’ – John Sulston
‘The existence of parallel universes’ – Michio Kaku
‘We will change our genetic makeup’ – Norbert Gleicher
‘We will find out if we are alone’ – Colin Pillinger
‘Humans become a collective intelligence’ – John Barrow
‘We’ll understand thoughts and feelings’ – Steven Pinker
‘The end of the individual’ – Susan Greenfield
‘What if God lives in a part of our brain?’ – Nancy Rothwell
‘What it means to be a person’ – V S Ramachandran
‘Conscious machines’ – Igor Aleksander
‘Higher dimensions’ – Lisa Randall
‘Humans are less miraculous than we thought’ – Stephen Wolfram

Naive in Thailand

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Naive in Thailand. The misadventures of an unprepared 43-year-old Brit who drops everything to try and help with tsunami rebuilding. Pet peeve? “The only real irritation has been the American Christian volunteers.”

Schwarzenegger elected

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 12:00:00 +0000

Schwarzenegger is the new California Governer. I wonder how many Californians can spell his last name…

25 technologies for 2003

Wed, 14 May 2003 12:00:00 +0000

25 technologies for 2003. via Anders

The link between Asimov and bin Laden

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Asimov’s Foundation was translated into Arabic. Title: Al-Qaeda. The Guardian explores the link between Asimov and bin Laden.

Guardians favourite blogs

Fri, 05 Jul 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Guardian’s favourite blogs. Satish’s Random Thoughts is on it.