The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.

人类科学飞跃，及其可能带来社会影响已经远远超出了预期，后天究竟会发生什么还是留待科幻小说和未来学研究将要面对可能。

There is an explosion of new ideas and applications. So, when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they're thinking smaller than ever before.

这是一场新想法和新应用爆发。所以现在科学就未来机器处理大而复杂任务时，他比以往更多考虑到小型化发展。

She says that as a food futurologist she thinks about what we will be eating in the future and also why we will be eating that food.

她说作为一名食未来学，她要考虑是我将来吃什么，以及为什么我会吃那种食。

Companies appointed chief metaverse officers, and futurologists burbled about web 3.0.

各大公司任命了首席元宇宙总监，未来学则对Web 3.0议论纷纷。

The scientist and futurist, Ray Kurzweil, believes we are approaching what he calls " the singularity" — the point at which computers become smart enough to learn for themselves, after which they will rapidly become smarter and smarter.

科学和未来学雷·库兹韦尔认为，我正在接近他所说“奇点”——在这个点上，计算机变得足够聪明，能够自我学习，之后它将迅速变得越来越聪明。

You know, for the benefit of future archaeologists?

为了未来古老学益？

Scientists say that within fifty years, many of today's countries will be under water.

科学称未来五十年里，许多国将被大海淹没。

Yes, economists are expecting millions of job losses in the weeks ahead.

确，经济学预计未来几周将有数百万人失业。

Distant and mysterious, Neptune may still hold many discoveries for the scientists of the future.

遥远而神秘海王星，也许正等着未来科学有更多发现。

Perhaps future astronomers will note whether its dark matter shroud once again saves the cloud.

也许，未来科学就可以确定是不是壳层保护了暗质云免受撞击带来伤害了。

Futurists said goodbye to all of that.

未来学对那一切说再见。

Looking ahead, the scientists say it could take another 10 million years to recover species that are currently threatened, or near threatened, if nothing is done to save them.

展望未来，科学表示，如果不采取任何措施拯救目前正遭受威胁或即将受威胁种，那要恢复这些种可能还需要1000万年时间。

When the grants end, the new capacity remains for future scientists, so that everybody doesn't end up like Charles Rotimi, he says, who wanted to stay in Nigeria but couldn't.

当资助结束时，未来科学新能力仍然存在，“这样每个人都不会像查尔斯·罗蒂米那样，”他说，“想留在尼日亚却又无能为力。”

It's to keep these relics from a particular time and place on Earth so future scientists can answer the questions we still don't know we need to ask.

是为了保留这些来自地球上特定时间和地点遗迹，以便未来科学能够回答我仍然不知道需要问问题。

If a glacier is melting, it means it also is not storing atmospheric gases from today for scientists to study in the future.

如果冰川正在融化，这意味着它也没有储存今天大气气体来供科学在未来进行研究。

In the years ahead medical science will greatly prolong the lives of men by finding a cure for cancer and deadly heart ailments.

未来，医学将会发现治疗癌症和致命心脏病方法，从而大大延长人寿命。

When this kind is released, it changes the molecular makeup of the atmosphere, and leaves a clear signal to future scientists.

这种质被释放时，它会改变组成大气分子，并给未来科学留下了清楚信号。

Some futurists envision nanotechnology also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarines, or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with microminiature instruments.

一些未来学设想将纳米技术用于探索深海小型潜艇或者发射装有微型仪器手指大小火箭。

In the future scientists hope to predict where wildfires spread and how and save our forests along the way.

未来，科学希望预测野火在哪里蔓延，以及如何沿途拯救我森林。

Scientists say a quake of magnitude eight or higher could strike along the San Andreas Fault in coming years.

科学说未来几年沿圣安地列斯断层可能发生8级或以上地震。