Weird Science

Oh happy happy, decade.  There were lots of things that I thought you might bring, though you didn't.  Then again there were a lot of surprises too so as the Rolling Stones say I guess you can't always get what you want.  But if you try sometimes you just might find you get lots of things you don't particularly need.

Things I thought I would see by now, but don't yet exist:
- A commercially viable hovercraft.
- A SUV hybrid that actually saves gas.
- An end to flu strains that are named after animals.
- Implementation of a cheap and plentiful way to produce energy or food.
- Something that will effectively pick up dog hair.

Here are some things I didn't really particularly need, but hey, here they are:
- The reclassification of Pluto
- A temple for the religion of science, you know, since we are light on religious turmoil these days.
- Discovery of carnivorous sponges and snails in the ocean (increasing the likeliness my sister will have to start wearing arm floaties in the bathtub again.)
- A gene therapy cure for color blindness.  I mean that's great, don't get me wrong, but scientists should also google these: cancer, AIDS, heart disease.

But still, kudos for expanded genome mapping and finding ice on Mars/water on the moon because we are crapping up this planet pretty good.  So maybe I would like to add alternative planet to the wish list for the next decade just to be safe.

The world's greatest scientific minds
Failed to make a few important finds.
Since some key areas of study have been neglected
Perhaps their efforts should be redirected.