19th May 2023

3900 AD – The Sun has exited the Local Interstellar Cloud

By 3900 AD, our Sun has completely exited the Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC) and is entering the G Clouds.

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4th May 2023

2031 – Completion of a Morocco-UK undersea power cable

A clean energy megaproject is completed in 2031, producing 10.5 GW of new capacity including 3.6 GW of baseload, delivered to the UK via one of the world's longest undersea cables.

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3rd May 2023

2027 – 2D barcodes are ubiquitous in retail

By 2027, a new generation of barcodes in retail offers more data capacity, interactive capabilities, enhanced tracking and traceability, and cost-effectiveness.

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30th April 2023

2049 – Global warming reaches 2°C

By 2049, the global average temperature increase is at the critical threshold of 2°C, agreed in earlier treaties to be a limit beyond which severe and irreversible impacts may be expected.

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14th April 2023

2031-2035 – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) explores the Jovian system

[Following today's successful launch, this entry has been updated with latest information, and a more up to date video with final confirmed orbits.]

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13th April 2023

2028-2033 – mRNA-based vaccines for cancer and heart disease

During the late 2020s and early 2030s, a number of therapies based on messenger RNA are becoming available for cancer, heart disease, and other conditions.

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28th March 2023

2056 – Japan's population falls below 100 million

[This graph has been updated, based on the latest UN population data. The prediction has been moved from 2046 to 2056.]

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11th March 2023

2046 – Close approach of the asteroid 2023 DW

On 14th February 2046, an asteroid measuring 50 metres in diameter approaches the Earth-Moon system at high speed.

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26th February 2023

2035 – Air accident fatalities have been largely eliminated

[Update of an older prediction. This is now based on a much larger dataset, covering an entire century of aviation, up to and including 2022. Both crash and fatality numbers are now displayed, for all planes of 7+ seats (previously 15+ seats only).]

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21st February 2023

2045 – Homosexual discrimination has declined substantially

[This graph, originally posted in 2014, has been updated to include the most recent years]

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