What the future looks like : scientists predict the next great discoveries and reveal how today's breakthroughs are already shaping our world

Science fact, not science fiction, on the cuttingedge developments that are already changing the course of our future

Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, awardwinning author Jim AlKhalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrowand beyond.

Pull back the curtain on:

• genomics
• robotics
• AI
• the ';Internet of Things'
• synthetic biology
• transhumanism
• interstellar travel
• colonization of the solar system
• teleportation
• and much more

And find insight into bigpicture questions such as:

Will we find a cure to all diseases? The answer to climate change? And will bionics one day turn us into superheroes?

The scientists in these pages are interested only in the truthrealitybased and speculationfree. The future they conjure is by turns tantalizing and sobering: There's plenty to look forward to, but also plenty to dread. And undoubtedly the best way to for us to face tomorrow's greatest challenges is to learn what the future looks liketoday.