Instant Genius: Future Life

The future is coming, and sooner than you think. These emerging technologies will change the way we live, how we look after our bodies and help us avert a climate disaster.

Why should Mars get all the attention? There are so many more exciting places in our Solar System we could live.

Dive into an average day in 2020, as predicted in 2010.

On the eve of the visionary scientist's 100th birthday, James Lovelock, creator of Gaia theory, reflects on his life and career.

If we want to live in an eco-friendly future we need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and become more energy efficient - here is some of the future tech helping us go green.

A lot has changed since the 90s when BBC Focus began, so what did we correctly predict, and what advances can we expect over the next three decades?

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku discusses the future of humanity, how we’re going to terraform Mars, why the modern space race will change life on Earth, and why aliens probably won’t bother to destroy us.

From hyper-fast trains to flying taxis, we look at the vehicles that are set to transform how we get around.