[extropy-chat] Adults-only science centre opens doors in London

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MSNBC has a story on a new, adults-only science centre in London where the
public will be encouraged to debate the most controversial issues of the
day. Be it the implications of genetically modified foods, face transplants,
sex over 60, male pregnancy, death or AIDS, the Dana Centre plans to tackle
topical, sometimes-taboo subjects. It is only centre of its type in the
world and it is certainly one of the very few...focused on adults. With
three floors of exhibition space, state-of-the-art digital technology,
online discussion boards and an electronic voting system housed in a
striking building, the centre hopes to make science exciting and to take the
public pulse on topical issues and relay it back to the government. The Dana
Centre marks a new direction in science communication: to challenge public
perception and tackle contemporary science head on, with the capacity to be
exciting, entertaining, stimulating, different, radical and edgy. This
dynamic events space will bring the hottest themes in modern science to
adults-only audiences through a programme of bold and innovative events. It
will be a taboo-free centre and the place to talk science. The first public
discussion at the new central London venue will be about whether face
transplants, once confined to the realms of science fiction, should take
place. It will follow a talk by a leading US plastic surgeon who could be
the first to perform the procedure.
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