Most of these are based on well-established science, a few are wildly speculative, and some are just blatantly obvious.

1. The number of confirmed exoplanets discovered by Kepler will skyrocket now that Google's artificial intelligence is involved

2. We'll finally figure out what the hell's causing all those fast radio bursts

3. 2018 will be the hottest year on record... again

4. China and India will continue to establish themselves as the future of space travel, but no one will really notice

5. Elon Musk will do something, and everyone will immediately freak out about it

6. Illicit drugs will start to be taken seriously as treatments against depression, because we're pretty much out of other options

http://www.sciencealert.com/top-13-predictions-science-in-2018