Nasa’s new Martian probe InSight also launches in March and is
expected to land on the Red Planet on 28 September. Its goal is to
examine the deep interior of Mars for clues about the formation and
early evolution of all rocky planets, including Earth.
Back
here, geneticists are expected to make huge breakthroughs in 2016.
Scientists in Britain have applied for permission to genetically
engineer human embryos as part of a research project into the earliest
stages of human development. The Human Fertility and Embryology
Authority is expected to decide this year whether to allow the
experiment.
And finally, for visitors to London’s Natural
History Museum, 2016 will be the last chance for a while to see Dippy
the dinosaur. The world-famous diplodocus cast is being replaced in 2017
by the skeleton of a blue whale in the main atrium, signalling the end
of an era for generations of museum-goers.
Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/ces/12080692/ces-2016-best-gadgets.html