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/^t/Undoubtedly, the reinforced concrete environment does not inspire us for dreaming. Sadly enough, there remains very little place for dreaming and imagination in our technologically advanced world. Today, parents do not have to wait till the delivery of their child to find out his/her sex - ultrasonic examination allows them to know it during the first month of pregnancy already. Moreover, thanks to in vitro fertilisation labs, people can consciously decide what sex their baby would be. There is no speculation whether there is life on the Moon or not - outer space research has proved there is not any. We are no longer amazed watching a rainbow in the sky as we know it is just an ordinary fission of light waves. Probably, the only thing to admire in the modern world is the high level of technology and the only chance for imagination for us is to think where science would take us in the nearest future.