Spoiler alert: the team that was for GMOs won, and by quite a lot. Before the debate started, 32% of the audience members were for GMOs, 30% were against, and 38% were undecided. After, the pro-GMO team had 60% of the audience on their side, while the anti-GMO group had 31% (the rest remained undecided). This strong win, argued my friend at the party, pointed to a larger shift in the public perception of GMOs.
Earth's two most populous nations have major space launches slated for 2013: China will send a lander to the moon and India will propel an orbiter toward Mars. On the surface, their goals appear similar-cement a toehold in a frontier dominated by the US, Russia, and Europe-but the ways in which they will achieve them are very different.
