2008: no scientists, mathematicians or engineers need apply

This time of year the media lazily spews out endless looks back and predictograms.  The Observer favours us with a breathless six-page look in the Review section at who will shower us with greatness ‘08 in pop, film, opera, art and design, politics, eco, theatre and dance. Business gets one look in. Most of these fields improve our lives, although I doubt my life will be affected by any of the dahlings thus paraded.
The Brits who will make an impact in science, engineering, mathematics and medicine (the things which make our modern lives possible)? Not included, because it takes years of underpaid hard work and dedicated study to break eggs with big sticks in these fields, and reporting on this stuff gives journalists - most, I make no doubt, arts grads - hurty brains.

I am so pleased Britain will have an audio visualiser of note in 2008.  Whatever one of those may be.