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1. Utility-scale battery storage switches to a technology that is unsuited to consumer battery storage. For example, the batteries might only operate at high te
by burfog 7y ago
1. Utility-scale battery storage switches to a technology that is unsuited to consumer battery storage. For example, the batteries might only operate at high temperatures. They could be based on sodium.
2. The USA will dominate soccer.
3. Immigrants will cause a civil war or revolution in a European country. There will be genocide.
4. Car communication will be hacked, again, but this time it won't be for cautious fun. One day during rush hour, all cars of a particular manufacturer will suddenly accelerate. They may even aim for other cars. Roads everywhere will be blocked with so many burning wreaks that emergency services simply can't go anywhere.
5. We will find the cause for the loss of masculinity that has occurred over the past century. (reduced Sertoli cell number, reduced sperm count, reduced testosterone level, reduced anogenital distance, etc.) Fixing this will require the elimination of a large class of chemicals that is in all sorts of products, so there will be heavy lobbying effort to avoid banning anything and to avoid liability.
6. Pain medication based on psychoactive compounds found in M. speciosa will be in FDA trials.
7. GMO animals, modified to avoid organ mismatch, will be used to grow organs for humans. They will be universal donors. Immunosuppression will not be required.
8. Some organs will be grown from induced stem cells in a 3D-printed shape.