Document lists speculative scientific questions without actionable leads

358 2.11 2.12 2.13 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? Is there a theory that would unite gravity with the other three forces: a Theory of Everything? Is Schrédinger’s cat alive or dead in the box? Does ball lightning exist and can it be made in the laboratory? 3, Cosmology Nobel Prize for Physics 3.1 Bid 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 What is the nature of Dark Matter? What is the nature of Dark Energy? What is Dark Flow? The slingshot anomaly. Did inflation really happen? Was there a singularity at the origin of our Universe, and what happened before the first second? An eternity? Can any information travel faster than the speed of light? What is the cause of the Pioneer anomaly? (solved in 2011) Are there aliens? The Goldilocks question. Why are the cosmological constants so finely tuned? Do real numbers exist or is our Universe quantized? Why is there little antimatter? What are cosmic rays and where do they come from? What was the WOW signal? Does the fine structure constant vary over time? If we live in an infinite Universe, why don’t we see more strange things? Why is the cosmic background radiation so smooth? How can we explain the lack of total smoothness of the cosmic background radiation! Is there an explanation for any detail in the cosmic background radiation map? 4. Engin e ering Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Turing Award 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4,7 4.8 Can we achieve economic nuclear fusion? Will we realize cold fusion? (Partially demonstrated) Can an amateur get to the moon? Can an amateur collect a rock from the moon? * Will we make an Artificial Intelligence? Can we make a Tricorder? * Can we power the world from renewable sources? Will robots go to war in the future? HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016048