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What BIG THING is one the verge of happening?
- Within the next two years, the Event Horizon Telescope will give us our first actual image of a black hole and the James Webb telescope will be showing us some of the earliest events in the universe.
— Arkham_Z
- The red giant star Betelgeuse going super nova. It can happen today or in the next million years, but astronomically speaking Betelgeuse is on its deathbed. When it does go supernova it will be bright enough to be seen during the day, maybe as bright as the full moon.
— Gunch_Bandit
- Brazil entering a new, deeper stage for the ongoing crisis. Brazil is very fragile right now.
There was a truckers strike that basically stopped the country, and added easily U$ 20 bi + to the already huge deficit for the year - among tax cuts, illegal market segmentation and fuel subsidies. People in general supported the strike because prices doubled really fast, but they dont seem to realize the money will be pulled from somewhere else.
We also have no clue who the next president will be (the poll leader is arrested), and talks of military coup somehow are getting a lot of traction with the population. It can go far right, far left, or just keeping the current "middle" option, which is just trying to keep economy afloat while increasing wage Gap and without power to reform anything that is needed.
Ah! Also, RIO is in a state of Military Intervention, but crime rates are still at all time highs!
— bigomon
- If Google Duplex is successful the entire call center industry will die overnight
— NonrepresentativePoe
- The mosul damn was on the verge of breaking and killing a bunch of people. Like extremely close. Apparently it is doing a lot better now but very soon could break and is a very big target for terrorists
— dillywin
- possible cure for [polycystic-ovary-syndrome](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168705-cause-of-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-discovered-at-last/) depending on how testing goes after they found the cause
— apple_kicks