For its coming event, Dove has signed on as the convention's title sponsor and the brand will announce a new marketing campaign called Let's Make Girls Unstoppable, which it hopes the attendees will blog and tweet about, says Rob Candelino, vice president of marketing for Unilever Skincare, which owns Dove.

WSJ: Work and Family: When Moms Need a Business Trip

Jeffrey Bell, a Republican consultant who works with Hispanic groups, says the momentum behind reforming the immigration system will make a bill "unstoppable" if the Senate and House pass bills and then confer to meld the two.

WSJ: Fred Barnes: Immigration Reform Is Starting to Roll

"I'm not saying that the human race is imminently doomed but it's also clear that the clock is ticking and time is running out in order to take action to avoid the escalating damages which could make the whole process unstoppable, " he told CNN.

CNN: Six degrees of devastation

The initial research was carried out on GM tobacco plants but, if it proves applicable to other species, it may make GM crops' worldwide spread unstoppable.

ECONOMIST: Invasion of the transgenics