Politicians, religious leaders, specialists, and scientists try to predict the future
World Service,路40 episodes
The prediction that private sector money will lead to space tourism and landings on Mars
Professor Chris Hables Gray predicts the rise of the cyborg soldier
Predictions that people in developing countries will work online for Western companies
The prediction that neurons could be introduced into the brain to cure Alzheimers
Predictions that commerce and politics will lead to changes in urban planning
Professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku predicts the discovery of new universes
Award-winning science writer Paul Davies predicts the finding of life in outer space
Predictions that a new value will be placed on the emotional resources of older people
Predictions of changing burdens of disease in the developing world
Kumi Naidoo suggests equality between men and women can be realised at a community level
Predictions that populations in Asian and African countries will continue to grow
Predictions that the computer revolution in medicine will empower patients
Predictions that mental illness and dementia will gradually become more treatable
Predictions that the entire sequence of the human genome will be identified
Predictions that in 50 years time there will still be a women's movement
Predictions that changes to the family unit in developing countries will weaken society
Predictions that the failure to address deforestation will lead to conflict and disaster
Predictions that without education the burning of fossil fuels will continue
Professor Robert Winston suggests fertilised eggs could mature outside the human body
Predictions that atmospheric pollution will raise the temperature of the planet
Predictions that the decline in agricultural biodiversity will lead to catastrophe
Herbert Girardet predicts the rise of sustainable cities
Criminologist Nils Cristie predicts a rise in mediation and decrease in incarceration
John Whitelegg predicts the destruction of the traditional city and a rise in pollution
Predictions that if communities are allowed to decline social problems will increase
Marjorie Jouen predicts the rise of smaller companies using new technologies
John Naisbitt predicts a rise in violence wherever children play violent computer games
Foong Wai Fong predicts a rise in online communities and a breakdown in hierarchies
Chris Winter predicts package holidays will be replaced by 'personalised' vacations
David Chidester predicts the survival of religion in a world dominated by market forces