Chronicle of the Future The turn of the millennium inspired the UK's Sunday Times to speculate on the next 50 years of news headlines -- from a ridiculous prediction of Mick Jagger's death during the Rolling Stones' 13th farewell tour in 2030 to a sublimely optimistic forecast of a genetic cure for cancer by 2021. Scientists, historians, and other pundits predict technological advances, such as a language translation chip, and global business mergers. They even predict a new set of Ten Commandments in 2042. Read about your future today. (in Social Science)