关于未来，你需要了解的事

导读：人类对未来世界总是充满好奇和想象。100年后我们靠什么发电？癌症会治愈吗？精神疾病会成为历史吗？汽车可以飞吗？英国广播公司《地平线》节目的科学家团队总结了关于未来我们最需要知道的几件事，一起来看看吧。

Will there be endless electric energy for lamps？电灯可以一直亮下去吗？

Much of our electricity is generated by burning coal or gas， both of which will ultimately run out. Renewable energy sources are fraught with their own problems （not least the changeable nature of British weather）， so could a Norwegian concept of raising wind turbines thousands of feet in the air where there is always a breeze become a reality？

大部分的电能是通过燃烧煤或天然气产生的，这两种能源最终都会耗尽。可再生能源自身存在着问题（尤其对于英国多变的天气来说），那么，在挪威长期有风的地带竖立数千英尺高的风力发电机会成为现实吗？

What about the weather in future？未来的天气怎么样？

Britains famously unpredictable climate may soon be a thing of the past， according to weatherman and meteorologist Peter Gibbs， who argues that we can expect a hotter， drier south， and a warmer， wetter north.

英国天气的多变是出了名的，不过据气象预报员兼气象学家皮特·吉布斯称，这也许很快就会成为历史。他认为南方天气可能更热、更干燥，而北方天气将更加温暖潮湿。

Will our human beings become a robot creature？人类会变成机器人吗？

James Young， who lost an arm and a leg in an accident， goes in search of integrated technologies that might reveal a future for human-machine chimeras.

James meets self-proclaimed cyborg Neil Harbisson， who claims to have “cured” his color-blindness by converting color to sounds that are then sent to his skull.

詹姆斯·杨在一次事故中失去了一只胳膊和一条腿，他开始寻找可能开启人机结合的集成技术。

詹姆斯见了自称电子人的尼尔·哈尔比森。哈尔比森称，他将颜色转化为声音，并将其传入大脑，从而“治好”了自己的色盲症。

Can our humans live over 100 years on average？人类可以普遍活过100岁吗？

The average life expectancy in the UK has been steadily increasing since records began in 1840， but the fact remains that the human body gives up at around the 100 year mark. So could that change？

The team turns to the east African naked mole rat， which enjoys ten times the lifespan of other species， to see if they can shed any light on the subject.

Dr Chris Faulkes， of Queen Mary University of London， asks whether—given the unique protein in their skin that makes it super stretchy and means cancer is virtually unheard of—the mole rat actually holds the secret to a long life.

英國人的平均寿命自1840年以来一直保持稳定增长，但事实是，人类的寿命始终维持在100岁左右，那么这点可以改变吗？

科学家们将目光转向东非的裸鼹鼠，想看看能否在它们身上找到一些答案。裸鼹鼠的寿命是其他鼠类的10倍。

伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院的克里斯·福克斯博士想知道裸鼹鼠身上是否有长寿的秘密。因为它们的皮肤中含有独特的蛋白质，可以保持超强弹性，也不会患癌症。……