7 interesting events that will take place in the world in 2018

(Baonghean.vn) - It is impossible to predict what will happen in the future, but 2018 promises to be a year with many interesting events, especially in the social sciences.

1. World population reaches a new milestone

According to United Nations statistics, the world population as of March 22, 2017 was 7.49 billion people. By 2018, the population will increase by more than 80 million people to 7.597 billion people, approximately 7.6 billion. It is an impressive number, but also poses many challenges.

2. The UK's 100,000 Genomes Project is completed

In 2018, a project by British scientists to encode and sequence the genomes of 100,000 patients will have results. If successful, this will be a milestone opening the era of "personalized medicine". Dangerous and rare diseases will be able to be encoded to find a cure, depending on each patient's condition.

3. Artificial intelligence technology is developing brilliantly

In early 2017, AlphaGo software using Google's DeepMind technology defeated the world's Go legend Lee Se-dol. AlphaGo summarized thousands of years of human knowledge about the game and invented new moves within 3 days. AlphaGo's victory, or the recognition of Sophia's citizenship, marked the rise of artificial intelligence. It can bring promising benefits to humanity in the future, reducing disease, the risk of poverty, and bringing convenience. AlphaGo Zero can solve complex problems in medicine such as the phenomenon of protein folding that causes Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

4. Science fiction will no longer be fantasy

At the end of 2017, Italian mad professor Sergio Canavero announced the successful experiment of the first human head transplant on a corpse. According to the planned schedule, the results of the previous announcement will be available in 2018. In addition, Dr. Ira Pasto also promised the first experiments in reversing the brain death process. Human head transplants, reviving the dead - sounds like science fiction - will likely become reality. In 2018, inventions in creating vaccines, curing polio, obesity... will have positive results.

5. The plan to explore extraterrestrial civilizations will officially start.

The plan to touch the Sun and conquer Mars will be launched in 2018, carried out by NASA, ESA and billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX. More precisely, in July 2018, the Parker Solar Probe will be launched into space, carrying the mission to approach the Sun at the closest distance ever. From there, we can accurately predict how the universe is evolving, how it affects Earth, such as solar storms.

6. First private company to land on the moon

Astrobotic, a US robotics company, said it will join forces with the United Launch Alliance to launch a rover to the Moon in 2019. This is to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that first landed humans on the Moon. Astrobotic plans to send a "package" including a 35kg rover to the Moon. However, the company still has the option to increase the weight of the package to 265kg. So far, customers from 6 countries have signed 11 agreements to contribute to the package that will be sent to the Moon.

7. Visit the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean

In 2018, the dream of seeing the legendary Titanic will become a reality. Blue Marble Private, a London-based travel company, has announced that they will organize 8-day tours that will take visitors 4,000 meters below the sea to see what remains of the famous ship. This special trip will take place in 2018, starting from Newfoundland, Canada.

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