science predictions for 2022 | Future timeline

Read 45 science predictions for 2022, a year that will see the world transform thanks to scientific disruptions that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore many of them below. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

science forecasts for 2022

  • Budget cuts in the US lead to Chinese R&D spending surpassing the US total by this year. This development means that China becomes the leading nation for scientific and medical research. Likelihood: 90%link
  • European Space Agency plans to launch JUICE for the exploration of Jupiter's icy moons by 2022. link
  • Scientists capable of replicating faces solely through DNA analysis. link
  • ESA and NASA will try to divert an asteroid out of its orbit. link
  • Construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) begins in Chile. link
  • Scientists capable of replicating faces solely through DNA analysis link
  • US military food researchers develop pizza that can last up to 3 yearslink
Forecast
In 2022, a number of science breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Between 2020 to 2023, a periodic solar event called a "grand minimum" overtakes the sun (lasting through 2070), resulting in diminished magnetism, infrequent sunspot production and less ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching Earth — all bringing a cooler per Likelihood: 50% link
  • Health Canada restricts the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides in the agricultural industry starting between 2021 to 2022, in an effort to reverse the decline of Canadian bee populations. Likelihood: 100% link
  • ESA and NASA will try to divert an asteroid out of its orbit. link
  • Construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) begins in Chile. link
  • Scientists capable of replicating faces solely through DNA analysis 1,
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  • U.S. military food researchers develop pizza that can last up to 3 years link
Prediction
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2022 include:

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