"Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade," says the 2007 State of the Future report. picked by deepchill 1 year ago

An interesting prediction from Dilbert creator Scott Adams on the future of newspapers in the electronic age. picked by gratheo 1 year ago

Remember what the year 2000 was supposed to look like? This is a site dedicated to the overly optimistic views of what was the future. picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Tiny pores on the surface of plant leaves that are sensitive to carbon dioxide may contribute significantly to future flooding as a result of increasing atmospheric pollution. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

The best part about Wired magazine was its "Found" section. An image showing something from the future. The creativity of the pieces were amazing. Sadly Wired has canceled the feature to make room for yet another ad. picked by BernardBlack 3 months ago

Water has been found conclusively for the first time inside ancient moon samples brought back by Apollo astronauts. The discovery may force scientists to rethink the lunar past and future, although uncertainty remains about how much water exists and whether future explorers could extract it. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

What will your descendants look like in five million years?
There are a lot of variables in the equation, including whether or not humans beings will survive at all. This site looks at a bunch of alternate views of a possible future. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

The Institute for the Future is inviting the world to play Superstruct, the worlds first massively multi-player forecasting game. It 's not just about envisioning the future - it's about inventing the future, creating superstructures to solve and counter super threats facing the planet. picked by cactushair 3 months ago

If you can’t predict the future then how has this site gathered together all the major news until 2050? Most frighteningly, Madonna has a new album due in 2024. picked by Neiako 2 years ago

Except, of course, for that minor prediction about them being the ones to bring it to us. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

A site that's dedicated to trying to get Nike to manufacture the shoes that Marty McFly wears in Back To The Future 2. I was reminded by this site through the following post.

picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

Why not squander a few seconds petitioning Nike to make the 2015 sneakers Marty wore in "Back to the Future 2"? picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Although most of the cars at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007 are only concepts, there were quite a few that many people would love to see on the road. Here are the top 10 concepts cars that we can't wait to buy. picked by deepcleanfun 10 months ago

The story of a lonely, moon-bound engineer who builds power grids for the first lunar city. He really needs to get him some... picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The universe’s clock has neither a start nor finish, yet time is finite according to a New Zealand theorist. The theory, which tackles the age-old mystery of the origin of the universe, along with several other problems and paradoxes in cosmology, calls for a new take on our concept of time. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A man switches on a tiny wireless chip that has been surgically implanted behind his ear, which then synchs up with the Web wherever he is in the world. An article that presents some interesting predictions of what the Internet will be like in the future. picked by zion 1 year ago

Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.

And the mechanism behind that can also explain why we are tricked by optical illusions. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Mathematical physicists at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow believe that the vast experiment at CERN, the European particle physics centre near Geneva in Switzerland, may turn out to be the world's first time machine picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

There are a lot of trailer re-cuts out there, but I like this one the best. picked by em0ney 2 years ago

A movie memorabilia collector is selling on Ebay his Back to the Future II hoverboard, an original prop still in perfect condition.

If you have $30,000 laying around, drop a bid! The auction takes place on the 1st of August. picked by muppetmaker 3 months ago