The technology will soon exist to set up a human outpost on the Moon, says a leading lunar scientist.
UK scientists are to call for faster progress towards building a giant atom smasher. The proposed ?3bn machine will recreate conditions seen moments after the Big Bang.
The airports of the future could identify potential terrorists by using a lie detector that spots concealed blushing with a super-sensitive thermal imaging camera.
Walking, talking humanoid robots with social intelligence will be commonplace in the future, raising new challenges for humankind.
Centuries of overfishing by man have emptied the world's oceans of giant fish, whales and other large sea creatures, destroying coastal environments.