Our science predictions for 2023

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🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Last year saw several major science breakthroughs – from the first time a nuclear fusion experiment produced more energy than it used, to Nasa smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid in a mission that demonstrated the possibility of redirecting any space rocks heading our way. So what will 2023 bring? Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the major stories they are expecting to hit the headlines in 2023, and their science predictions for the year ahead.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian. 2022 was a bump a year for science, from smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid.
0:18.6	Three, two, one.
0:22.0	Oh my gosh.
0:24.0	Oh wow.
0:25.0	Taking a step forward in Nuclear Fusion,
0:28.0	so that the fusion fuel stayed hot enough,
0:31.0	dense enough, and round enough for long enough that it ignited and it produced
0:36.1	more energies than the lasers had deposited.
0:38.9	To discovering the origins of the Black Death.
0:41.7	So now we know for sure that the Black Death actually commenced in the region of Tian Shan
0:46.4	around 1338, 1339, so that's a major discovery of my colleagues and myself.
0:52.0	So what will this year bring?
0:54.7	Could we get any closer to a universal flu vaccine,
0:57.8	watch Landers touch down on the moon,
1:00.3	or even see MDMA approved for medicinal use.
1:03.4	I'm the Guardian Science Editor Ian's sample.
1:06.3	And today on Science Weekly, we're taking a look at the stories we could all be talking
1:10.3	about in 2023.
1:19.0	Hannah Devlin, you're a guardian science correspondence, so I'm so glad you're here to join me on this voyage
1:22.0	into what we might see in the next 12 months.
1:25.3	We're going to get on to space, biotechnology and AI.
1:29.7	But first off, let's start with health, which is always on our minds in January.
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