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Nine Scientific Breakthroughs Humanity Is On The Verge Of Making

We're not there yet, but we're getting close to some massive advances in medicine, natural disaster detection and more.

1 week ago · 25.4k reads ·

Just existing in our current world is exhausting, and looking at the news is enough to make us want to run into the woods never to look back. We can't fix any of that, but we can turn our focus to some good news instead.

Redditor u/skunkspinner opened up discussion to the AskReddit crowd on the topic of scientific breakthroughs that are further along than most people think. The responses actually make us hopeful — at least for a little bit.

Seven thousand comments later, and the future is looking pretty rosy! We collected the best comments below, so now's the time to get hyped for a better world.

Some exciting vaccines could be just a few years away

Rabies might not be a death sentence anymore

We might be able to keep growing teeth like sharks

We're figuring out ways to predict earthquakes, potentially saving millions of lives

Growing replacement organs with your own cells would fix a lot of problems

Nerve and brain disorders could be much more treatable with early detection

We're one big step away from much better screens

Harnessing geothermal energy on a large scale could solve a lot of problems

Averting the water wars would be pretty cool

Via Reddit.

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The Discourse

Nine Scientific Breakthroughs Humanity Is On The Verge Of Making

Some exciting vaccines could be just a few years away

Rabies might not be a death sentence anymore

We might be able to keep growing teeth like sharks

We're figuring out ways to predict earthquakes, potentially saving millions of lives

Growing replacement organs with your own cells would fix a lot of problems

Nerve and brain disorders could be much more treatable with early detection

We're one big step away from much better screens

Harnessing geothermal energy on a large scale could solve a lot of problems

Averting the water wars would be pretty cool

Comments

The Discourse

Some exciting vaccines could be just a few years away

Rabies might not be a death sentence anymore

We might be able to keep growing teeth like sharks

We're figuring out ways to predict earthquakes, potentially saving millions of lives

Growing replacement organs with your own cells would fix a lot of problems

Nerve and brain disorders could be much more treatable with early detection

We're one big step away from much better screens

Harnessing geothermal energy on a large scale could solve a lot of problems

Averting the water wars would be pretty cool

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