In 2058, a European probe achieves the first landing on Enceladus, directly sampling material from its icy crust and providing the strongest evidence yet of a habitable ocean world.
By 2090, bowel cancer has been effectively eradicated in developed countries, with mortality rates falling below 0.01 per 100,000. Once a leading killer, it now survives only as a clinical anomaly – swiftly and routinely cured.
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.
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.
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.
Advanced diagnostics, immunotherapy, nanotechnology, and AI-driven breakthroughs have made kidney cancer mortality virtually non-existent in the developed world by 2078.
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.
