Meaning. Prediction (previsione) is "seeing beforehand" how the future will be; that is, the situation that will come about in the short, medium, and long term. This, however, is a "seeing beforehand" that is not content...

Future thinking has always been part of human history, for humans become human when they think about the future, as John McHale (1969) wrote. Some form of future thinking exists in almost all known societies; it is a universal phenomenon, as Wendell...

Futures studies reflects on how today’s changes (and continuities) become tomorrow’s reality. It includes attempts to analyze the sources, patterns, and causes of change and stability in order to develop foresight and to map alternative futures. The...

The Futures of American Studies Donald E. Pease and Robyn Wiegman, Editors. Durham: Duke Univ. Press, 2002. The reader opens this heavy volume with a strong and eager heart, expecting to find "future" written all over a subject that continues to unfold as...

Futures studies are conducted to discover, assess and propose probable, possible and preferable futures. Nine leading purposes of future studies are discussed. These include studying possible futures, studying images of the future, and interpreting the past and orientating the present. The primary goal...

Two research reports suggest a possible link between two bone-building drugs and irregular heart rhythms in a small number of women who take the medicine.The signs of a problem were more pronounced with Reclast, a drug made by Novartis AG and given through a once-a-year,...

Women going through treatment for breast cancer felt better when they tried yoga, according to one of the first scientific studies of its kind. "Our belief is something as simple and brief as a short (yoga) program would be very...