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16th September 2025

2063 – Bowel cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000

By 2063, the age-standardised mortality rate for bowel cancer in high-income nations has dropped below 1 per 100,000, marking its near-elimination thanks to earlier detection, personalised prevention, and precision therapies.

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9th September 2025

2031 – Completion of the Stad Ship Tunnel

[Updated and moved from 2026 to 2031, based on latest available information.]

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8th September 2025

2033 – High-speed rail begins in California

[Updated and moved from 2030 to 2033, based on latest available information.]

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30th August 2025

2083 – Brain cancer is effectively eliminated in developed countries

By 2083, breakthroughs in nanomedicine, immunotherapy, and AGI-driven research have reduced cancers of the brain and nervous system to fewer than 0.01 deaths per 100,000, marking their effective eradication in developed countries.

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16th August 2025

2067 – Lung cancer is effectively eliminated in developed countries

By 2067, lung cancer mortality in developed nations has fallen below 0.01 per 100,000, marking its effective elimination as a public health threat.

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14th August 2025

2052 – Lung cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000

By 2052, lung cancer mortality in high-income nations has fallen below 1 per 100,000, marking a historic milestone in prevention, early detection, and treatment.

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28th July 2025

2078 – Kidney cancer is exceptionally rare and routinely curable

Advanced diagnostics, immunotherapy, nanotechnology, and AI-driven breakthroughs have made kidney cancer mortality virtually non-existent in the developed world by 2078.

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27th July 2025

2040 – Kidney cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000

[Update of an older prediction, now based on a 15-country dataset with Gompertz modelling to forecast mortality trends.]

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9th July 2025

2050 – The Amazon rainforest has lost 30% of its original tree cover

[Update of an older prediction, now based on a more realistic scenario, combining three models and latest available data.]

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29th June 2025

2038 – The Arctic Ocean is becoming ice-free during summer

A 'blue ocean event' is unfolding in the Arctic, with sea ice extent below one million km² for the first time in recorded history. This ominous milestone is the clearest sign yet that Earth's climate has entered a new and more dangerous phase.

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