Teleportation Booths in Every Supermarket? The idea of teleporting yourself to the office in under three seconds may sound like a ____, but physicists insist it’s ____ of possibility. It’s anyone’s ____ whether the first working prototype will appear in the ____ future, yet research continues. There’s ____ that the first teleporter will be tested on fruit flies rather than humans, though even that modest step is ____ difficulties. The major ____ block is not the science of quantum entanglement, but the worry that your cat might arrive in Paris with its tail in Frankfurt. For ____, in 200 years teleportation could be as common as Wi-Fi, but right now it’s still ____ unlikely. Scientists agree it’s ____ that one day you’ll teleport your groceries, but as for your grandmother? That’s still a long ____. The Quest for Artificial Immortality The dream of conquering ageing is a ____ possibility — at least if you believe Silicon Valley billionaires and their pet gerontologists. Yet sceptics warn that the entire enterprise is only ____, and “eternal youth in pill form” is still a long ____ off. The ____ block here is the sheer complexity of human biology: the process is ____ by the fact that nobody can agree what “ageing” actually is. Cryonics is often mentioned, but that idea is ____ it’s highly ____ to move beyond science fiction. It remains ____ whether a 150-year-old human will be walking around in the ____ future. For now, the promise of immortality is fraught with ____, from organ regeneration to the psychological trauma of having to watch the next twenty generations argue on social media. And yet, one can’t deny it’s conceivable that the secret of life might be cracked — though perhaps ____. Buenos Aires, Year 2125 Picture Buenos Aires in the next century: flying taxis hover over Avenida 9 de Julio, and the first AI architect opens a practice, insisting that roundabouts shaped like empanadas are “culturally authentic.” It may sound far-____, but it’s plausible that some form of this future is already ____. Still, progress is hampered by ____. The major stumbling ____ is power: the city would need an energy source cleaner than mate-fuelled enthusiasm. Also, while ____ chance that skyscrapers will be designed by algorithms, it’s highly unlikely that Argentinians will ever stop debating how to grill the perfect steak. As for the long-promised hyperloop train to Patagonia? It ____ to be seen whether that will ever leave the drawing board. The project ____ with difficulties — and local politics. Conceivable? Absolutely. Inconceivable? Only if you’ve never queued for three hours at Retiro station. ____, the future Buenos Aires may be different, but one thing is sure: it’s not beyond the ____ of possibility that the city will reinvent itself yet again.

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