WAR, terror, disease and disaster – there’s no denying the world has been through a lot this year. And in all these events, science and technology played a key role. They helped define the Iraq conflict, from attempts to avert the war to the way the war itself was fought. Biomedical research came to the fore too, as the US brought in draconian measures to fight bioterror, and much of the rest of the world fought SARS.
But it hasn’t all been bad news. We’ve made huge strides in understanding the universe and how it developed. Closer to home a range of technologies stand ready to change…
