The Nature of the Brain

The prediction that neurons could be introduced into the brain to cure Alzheimers

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Habitation and Buildings

Predictions that commerce and politics will lead to changes in urban planning

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Big Bangs

Professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku predicts the discovery of new universes

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The Origins of Life

Award-winning science writer Paul Davies predicts the finding of life in outer space

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Health and Ageing

Predictions that a new value will be placed on the emotional resources of older people

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World Health

Predictions of changing burdens of disease in the developing world

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Gender Equality

Kumi Naidoo suggests equality between men and women can be realised at a community level

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World Population

Predictions that populations in Asian and African countries will continue to grow

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Medicine and Technology

Predictions that the computer revolution in medicine will empower patients

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Mental Health

Predictions that mental illness and dementia will gradually become more treatable

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Human Genome Project

Predictions that the entire sequence of the human genome will be identified

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The Role of Women

Predictions that in 50 years time there will still be a women's movement

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The Role of the Family

Predictions that changes to the family unit in developing countries will weaken society

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The Dangers of Deforestation

Predictions that the failure to address deforestation will lead to conflict and disaster

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Fossil Fuels

Predictions that without education the burning of fossil fuels will continue

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The Science of Reproduction

Professor Robert Winston suggests fertilised eggs could mature outside the human body

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The Greenhouse Effect

Predictions that atmospheric pollution will raise the temperature of the planet

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Agricultural Biodiversity

Predictions that the decline in agricultural biodiversity will lead to catastrophe

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Green Cities

Herbert Girardet predicts the rise of sustainable cities

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Crime and Punishment

Criminologist Nils Cristie predicts a rise in mediation and decrease in incarceration

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Sustainable Transport

John Whitelegg predicts the destruction of the traditional city and a rise in pollution

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The Importance of Communities

Predictions that if communities are allowed to decline social problems will increase

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The Future of Work

Marjorie Jouen predicts the rise of smaller companies using new technologies

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Violent Trends

John Naisbitt predicts a rise in violence wherever children play violent computer games

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Global Networking

Foong Wai Fong predicts a rise in online communities and a breakdown in hierarchies

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Leisure and Lifestyles

Chris Winter predicts package holidays will be replaced by 'personalised' vacations

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Values and Beliefs

David Chidester predicts the survival of religion in a world dominated by market forces

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Future Skills

Richard Slaughter predicts the need to prepare pupils for the future in every subject

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Education for All

Education specialist Ray Harris explains his vision of education in the developing world

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Understanding and Tolerance

Political scientist Sohail Inayatullah discusses his vision of multicultural intergration

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