5th November 2025

2037 – Launch of the European Athena X-ray observatory

[Updated and moved from 2028 to 2037.]

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29th October 2025

2032 – Completion of the Australia-Asia Power Link

[Updated and moved from 2027 to 2032, based on current project schedule.]

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27th October 2025

China unveils brain-like AI server that cuts power use by 90%

A refrigerator-sized computer unveiled in China could reshape how AI runs, offering supercomputer-level performance on a household power socket.

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25th October 2025

Study casts doubt on polar geoengineering proposals

Five prominent geoengineering ideas are technologically unfeasible, unscalable, and environmentally harmful, according to a new study.

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23rd October 2025

2032 – Opening of Poland's Central Communication Port

[Updated and moved from 2027 to 2032, based on current project schedule.]

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22nd October 2025

2052 – Bionic eyes are perfected

[Updated and moved from 2048 to 2052, based on latest available data.]

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22nd October 2025

Bionic eye pixel resolutions, 2000-2050

Originally published in 2019, this feature has been updated with more recent data from 2021 and 2023, revising the forecast for achieving human-eye resolution from 2048 to 2052.

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15th October 2025

Closest alien civilisation could be 33,000 light years away

New modelling suggests that advanced life in the Milky Way galaxy is extremely rare – and that any surviving civilisations are likely to be far older than our own.

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13th October 2025

AI-generated voices now indistinguishable from real human voices

A new study has revealed that the average listener can no longer distinguish between deepfake voices and those of real human beings.

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10th October 2025

Figure 03: a next-generation humanoid robot

Figure 03, the latest humanoid from AI startup Figure, features major improvements in dexterity, perception and design, bringing robots closer to everyday use.

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9th October 2025

2026 – Grand Theft Auto VI is launched

[Moved from 2025 to 2026, based on current release date.]

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7th October 2025

New efficiency record for perovskite solar cell

Researchers have achieved a record-breaking 27.06% efficiency with a new triple-junction perovskite solar cell. This marks a significant advance towards low-cost, stable solar devices that capture more of the Sun's energy than silicon alone.

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1st October 2025

2058 – ESA lands a probe on Enceladus

In 2058, a European probe achieves the first landing on Enceladus, directly sampling material from its icy crust and providing the strongest evidence yet of a habitable ocean world.

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