2016 wasn't so bad: 5 ways this year will shape the future

A flight over farmlands could be part of a future Uber ride. Recently there's been a lot of ink and pixels declaring 2016 the year of humanity's discontent. That's tough to deny in the realm of geopolitics, between awful conflicts in places like Syria, acts of terror worldwide and contentious elections in the UK and US. But the world went on, and so did important work in science and innovation. If you sweep the ugly parts of 2016 under the rug and then check the place out, it's not too shabby.