GREATEST SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY/INVENTION
- A wireless phone that in near real time instantly tranlates from any one language to any other language without the aid of an intervening operator, with great clarity of voice and inflection. (Heart)
- Scientists figure out a way to stop (or significantly slow) aging in some small mammals, but with the side-effect of giving them cancer. (Tubby McApple)
- A more economical version of hydrogen fuel cells. (Steve 466)
- There is/was life on Mars and it is DNA based. (johnnymac)
- Reading glasses with little light bulbs. (BGOOD26)
AWARDS PREDICTION
- Tom Cruise - Best Actor for Last Samari (Heart)
- John Malkovich wins Best Director in his directorial debut, The Dancer Upstairs. (DEADSEAL1)
- Julia Roberts is going to win something. (Helen)
- Cold Mountain will win an Oscar for Best Picture. Linkin Park will win a Grammy for Best Rock Band. Kid Rock Grammy for Best Male Vocalist. (SNSANTY)
- Peter Jackson will win Best Direction for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which also wins Best Picture. (BGOOD26)
SURPRISE PREDICTION
- France will send troops to Iraq. (Tubby McApple)
- A giant hole will appear in Texas. (KISSTHEECLIP)
- Some sort of green fruit. (Helen)
- Michael Jackson will be found innocent and cleared of all charges. (loibocor)
- Michael Jackson will finally be prosecuted for molesting underage boys. Kobe Bryant will be found innocent if his case goes to trial. (SNSANTY)
- Several people survive mid-air plane collision. (JB291163)
- Howard Dean loses the primaries to Wesley Clark. It is revealed why Clark was fired. (DORYSTUART)
OTHER PREDICTIONS
- President Reagan falls to the vicious onslaught of Alzheimer's disease, resulting in a long period of national mourning. (MHABER2)
- Saddam Hussein will be assassinated before his trial. (JB291163)
- Osama bin Laden is found mid-summer dead or dying. (DORYSTUART)
