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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Starship just achieved orbit! Big milestone for SpaceX.

Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2032 – Opening of the Brenner Base Tunnel 🚆 "This removes one of Europe's most important transport bottlenecks [...] its 64 km underground connection surpasses the 57 km (35 mi) Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland as the longest of its kind in the world." www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

Diagram of Brenner Base Tunnel with two parallel rail tunnels and service tunnel beneath them.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Geoffrey Hinton, famed for his work on artificial neural networks, earning him the title "the Godfather of AI", being interviewed on BBC Newsnight by Victoria Derbyshire. He is asked, "Do you believe there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans, potentially within a decade?"

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

2061 – Recreational cannabis is legal in the majority of countries Decades of reform have transformed cannabis policy worldwide, with regulated markets, tighter safeguards and changing attitudes reshaping how the drug is used. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #cannabis #future

Interior of a recreational cannabis store in the future.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

2042 – Medical cannabis is legal in the majority of countries 🌿 [Update of an older prediction, moved from 2028 to 2042 after incorporating five years of additional data and a more conservative trend. Also includes a new graph.] www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #cannabis #CBD #cannabidiol

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

2029 – The Extremely Large Telescope achieves first light 🔭 [Updated with additional information and moved from late 2028 to early 2029.] www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Probably the Bradford City stadium fire (1985), one of the worst moments in sports history. I also remember Live Aid, two months later. Bradford was followed by Hillsborough (1989), which had even more casualties. But the Bradford fire was more visually shocking. 😞 -Will (Future Timeline editor)

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tennis-playing robot developed by Galbot (Chinese company). 🎾 #robot #robots #robotics

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

2060 – High-speed rail connects Sydney and Melbourne By 2060, Australia’s east-coast HSR network stretches 1,800 km from Brisbane to Melbourne, cutting major intercity journey times to under 3 hours and reshaping travel between its largest cities. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

Australia train journey time comparisons, 2020s vs 2060s, plus map of HSR route in 2060.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2039 – High-speed rail connects Sydney and Newcastle The previous journey time of 2.5 hours is cut to 1 hour. Further expansions are planned to Western Sydney International Airport (2042), and eventually Brisbane and Melbourne (2060s). 👉 www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #highspeedrail #HSR

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

2036-2038 – Cultivated beef and chicken become cost-competitive Cultivated chicken and ground beef are matching the prices of their conventional counterparts, accelerating the transition to meat produced without raising and slaughtering animals. 🥩 Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

2031 – 2 World Trade Center completes the rebuilding of Ground Zero It becomes the second-tallest tower in Lower Manhattan, surpassed only by the 541 m (1,776-foot) One World Trade Center. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

Lower Manhattan skyline in 2031 with Ground Zero fully rebuilt and 2 World Trade Center completing the office cluster.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

2028 – Sony ends physical PlayStation game discs This year, Sony ends physical disc production for new PlayStation games, marking a symbolic shift towards digital-only console gaming. www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yet another reason to ditch nuclear and pursue wind/solar + batteries + grid improvements. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Screenshot of BBC article about French nuclear reactors shutting down due to their cooling water being too hot amid the ongoing heatwave.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Attachments (2000) Soap-style drama series about the lives and loves of young professionals working for an internet start-up. www.imdb.com/title/tt0261...

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

13,724 AD – Vega becomes the northern pole star ⭐ Earth's axis has shifted toward Vega, making the brilliant blue-white star the new marker of celestial north after thousands of years of slow precession. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/beyond-10000...

Equatorial grid map showing Vega near the central point

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

2034 – The Lower Thames Crossing is opened A new 23 km road and tunnel link beneath the River Thames is officially opened east of London, after years of delays. Green bridges, new woodland and restored habitats form part of the project. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

Green bridge for wildlife to cross, forming part of the Lower Thames Crossing

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

2062 – Liver cancer is effectively eradicated in developed countries Advanced diagnostics, nanomedicine, and 3D-printed organs have helped to reduce mortality below 0.01 per 100,000. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #cancer #livercancer #trends

Graph showing the peak (early 2000s) and then long-term decline of liver cancer mortality rates through to the 2060s.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

2045 – Liver cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000 in developed countries This follows decades of progress in hepatitis prevention, antiviral treatment, earlier detection, and precision therapies. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #cancer #cancerresearch #livercancer #liver

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

2043 – Britain completes the final phase of its HS2 rail link HS2 is finished after decades of delays, cost overruns & route cancellations. The railway improves links between London & Birmingham but falls short of the national network once promised Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

2087: Leukaemia has been effectively eradicated in developed countries, with AI-driven blood monitoring, personalised immune therapies, and cancer-targeting nanodevices reducing mortality below 0.01 per 100,000. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #futurology #cancer #leukaemia #trend

Swarm of nanodevices targeting and destroying a blood cancer cell.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

2048 – Leukaemia mortality falls below 1 per 100,000 in developed countries – "thanks to earlier detection, targeted therapies, and advances in immunotherapy" – "Childhood leukaemias [...] are now curable in the overwhelming majority of cases" Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

Long-term trend of leukaemia mortality from 1965 to 2090, showing a clear decline in death rate. Combined average of 15 high-income countries.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Lifecycle impacts are what matter, not just production.

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Forum discussion: When will humans first land on Mars? www.futuretimeline.net/forum/viewto...

Mars base with astronauts on the surface

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

1,000,000 AD – Humanity's descendants are a Type III civilisation Post-human entities now span the entire Milky Way, converting matter into vast computational networks and inhabiting simulations with trillions of minds. [Update of an older entry] www.futuretimeline.net/beyond-10000...

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

10,000,000 AD – The human Y chromosome disappears 🧬 The Y chromosome has now vanished entirely, replaced by a new genetic trigger for male development. The diversity of humanity's descendants has greatly expanded. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/beyond-10000... #futurism #genetics #evolution

Y chromosome disappearance and human evolution in the far future

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

An ultra-realistic humanoid robot head from a Chinese startup is blurring the line between machine and human expression, raising fresh questions about where the uncanny valley begins – and whether it may soon disappear. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2026/03... #AheadForm #robot #robotics

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Future Timeline @futuretimeline.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

2036 – The Venera-D mission arrives at Venus "The mission consists of three main components: an orbiter, a balloon platform operating in the upper atmosphere, and a surface lander." Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #Venus #Venera-D #VeneraD

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