New Year, New Hopes

With each year we all make resolutions (whether they are spoken or unspoken). These resolutions are often superficial and often fail within the first sixty days. So what does it matter? Why do I start with that? Because with every end there is a beginning just as with every beginning comes an end. As we begin 2010, we have an opportunity to real change the way we will end this decade. Will we revolutionize our economical systems or focus on environmental protection? Will we reach out to the stars and follow the celestial clues that the moon has provided?

No matter what we decide, I believe that when united, under one scientific banner we can accomplish much. We have been blessed with individuals like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein and Steven Hawkins who pushed our global conscience into scientific realms sooner than we would have reached on our own. Now we have corporations headed by the likes of Craig Venter and Steve Jobs that have the power of science at their beck and call. In ten years, with the power of our global technologies we can reach the same scientific heights the "shoulders" upon which we stand within this decade - where they spent lifetimes; if only we could unite.