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Alexander=20 Vilenkin forecasts the future

Cosmic strings, relics of the hot, = high-energy=20 early universe, might well be discovered, allowing us to = directly=20 test superstring theory

18 November=20 2006

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Instant=20 Expert: Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 = Years

What will be the biggest=20 breakthrough of the next 50 years? As part of our = 50^th=20 anniversary celebrations we asked over 70 of the world's = most=20 brilliant scientists for their ideas.=20

In coming decades will we: discover = that we are=20 not=20 alone in the universe? Unravel the physiological basis = for consciousness?=20 Routinely have false=20 memories implanted in our minds? Begin to evolve=20 in new directions? And will physicists finally hit upon = a=20 universal theory=20 of everything? In fact, if the revelations of the last = 50 years=20 are anything to go on - the internet and the human genome = for=20 example - we probably have=20 not even thought up the exciting advances that lay ahead = of=20 us.

Delve into those visions of the = future by=20 author in the story list of this sp= ecial=20 report, or navigate forecasts by topic here:

Life: Ageing,=20 alien=20 life, conscious= ness,=20 ecology,=20 embryology,=20 environment= ,=20 evolution= ,=20 genetics, = health,=20 humans,=20 language, = neuroscien= ce,=20 oceans,=20 psychology,=20 sex and=20 social=20 science.

Space and technology: Artificial=20 intelligence, communic= ations,=20 computing= ,=20 cosmology= ,=20 space=20 and technology.

Physical sciences: Chemistry= ,=20 energy,=20 materials= ,=20 maths=20 and physics.more...

What will be the biggest breakthrough of the next 50 = years?

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