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Science in 2019

Experts reveal the future technology and big science discoveries that will change our world next year.

Counting Fish © Getty Images
Nature

Environmental DNA and the hunt for marine species

Deep sea mining © Alamy
Planet Earth

Deep sea mining: new depths

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Quingdao Eden © The Eden Project
Planet Earth

Conservation: How China is creating Edens

The Plastic Age © Alamy
Planet Earth

The Plastic Age

Jim Al-Khalili @ Getty Images
Future Technology

Exploring Artificial Intelligence with Jim Al-Khalili

Cyber surveillance © Getty Images
Everyday science

A history of cyber-surveillance

Searching for life in Europa's oceans © NASA
Space

Searching for life in Europa’s oceans

Automation - the next industrial revolution @ Getty Images
Future Technology

Automation: the next industrial revolution

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New eye on the Universe © Getty Images
Space

SKA: A new eye on the Universe

5G data © Getty Images
Future Technology

2019 – the year of 5G

The hunt for exoplanets © Getty Images
Space

The hunt for exoplanets

How virtual reality helps spot suicidal tendencies © Owen Gent
The Human Body

How virtual reality helps spot suicidal tendencies

China's Big Brother © Alamy
Future Technology

China’s Big Brother

Can maths defeat terrorism? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Can maths defeat terrorism?