2016 Will Be the Year of the Random Prediction Generator

What’s ahead in this new year? 2016 will be the year of Boris Johnson and J Lo, of the Fed boomerang and the videogame movie. It will be the year of eSports, lawsuits, ’80s throwbacks, 2-in-1 laptops, marijuana, telemedicine and ACOs, the un-diet, and virtual reality.

Generate your own 2016 forecast with the Guardian’s random prediction generator. Hit the “new prediction” button to see the future, based on media stories to date.

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Athletic Enhancement

Victor Conte of Balco, admitted supplier of anabolic steroids to pro athletes:

“Steroids can help a female sprinter to lower her 100m time by about four-tenths of a second or four metres faster. The effects of steroids upon male 100m sprinters are about two-tenths of a second or two metres faster.”

Perhaps. But what about genetic enhancement?

“The rise of performance-enhancing genes,” Chris Cooper The Guardian

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