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<BODY><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>MSNBC has a
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href="http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/reuters11-18-072244.asp"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>story</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> 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 </FONT><A
href="http://www.danacentre.org.uk/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dana
Centre</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> 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.</FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>