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An increasingly globalised humanity is faced with climate change, dwindling resources, overpopulation and technological upheaval. |
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Diverging paths for humans and transhumans, eco-technic societies dominate the globe, colonisation of space accelerates. |
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Post-biological humanity begins to spread throughout the Galaxy, transforming dead worlds into computational substrates. |
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A future timeline of the Universe and its ultimate fate. |
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20th April 2018
2053 – Cervical cancer is being eradicated in Australia
By 2053, cervical cancer has been eradicated in Australia, thanks to an effective screening and vaccination program in earlier decades.
2nd April 2018
2027 – The Venera-D mission arrives at Venus
Venera-D is the first space probe in over 40 years to land on the surface of Venus.
23rd March 2018
2028 – Launch of the ARIEL spacecraft
Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL), is a space observatory launched in mid-2028 by the European Space Agency.
14th March 2018
2034 – Service robots number a billion worldwide
By 2034, the number of service robots has reached a billion worldwide and continues to grow rapidly. The disruption caused by AI, automation and robotisation has accelerated in recent years.
20th February 2018
2041 – Completion of the W350 tower in Tokyo
In 2041, Tokyo's skyline gets a major new landmark in the form of W350, the tallest wooden building ever constructed.
16th February 2018
2091 – SpaceX's "Starman" has a close encounter with Earth
In 2091, after a period of 73 years, Starman returns to cislunar space and makes a close approach of Earth.
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20th April 2018
Cow may be largest land mammal on Earth by 2200
Extinctions of the largest species on each continent have led to a downgrading of maximum body size over time. If this trend continues, the largest terrestrial mammal in 200 years will be the domestic cow, according to a new study.
19th April 2018
Chair-assembling robot demonstrated in Singapore
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has built a robot that can autonomously assemble an IKEA chair without interruption.
16th April 2018
Tiny injectable sensor could monitor long-term alcohol use
Engineers have developed a tiny, wireless, injectable biosensor that could be used for continuous, long-term alcohol monitoring. The chip is small enough to be implanted in the body just beneath the skin.
13th April 2018
Centuries' worth of rare-earth metals found in Japanese waters
Researchers in Japan, writing in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, describe finding centuries' worth of rare-earth metals in deep sea mud located near the island of Minami-Tori-shima.
12th April 2018
Next-gen optical disk holds 10TB of data for 600 years
Scientists from Australia and China have used gold nanomaterials to demonstrate a new high-capacity optical disk able to hold data securely for more than 600 years, while using 1,000 times less power.
10th April 2018
Proposed future telescope could view exoplanets with multipixel detail
NASA is working on a long-term concept to produce direct multipixel imaging of habitable Earth-like planets within 100 light years.
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24th March 2018
It is the year 2056, and the two major political superpowers are on the brink of war with one another.
