This Week in the Future, February 20-24, 2012

Ah, a nice bucolic, all-American farm scene. Pigs with augmented-reality glasses browse a plate of fast food with prehistoric housecat-sized horses. A farmer shoots a drone. Dear all other countries: this is what it’s really like here.

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• Hot Weather Makes Mammals Smaller, So Will Global Warming Make Us Shrink?
• FYI: Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food?
• The World Through Google’s Smartglasses
• How Pigs on Antibiotics Are Making Superbugs Stronger
• After Animal Activists Track Pigeon Hunt With Drone, Pigeon Hunters Shoot Down Drone

And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:

• FYI: Do Competitive Eaters Have Unusual Stomachs?
• Hubble Discovers the First ‘Waterworld,’ an Exoplanet Covered in Water
• Japanese Construction Company Plans Space Elevator By 2050
• Bummer: Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Weren’t, and It Was the Cable Guy’s Fault
• The Best Science Podcasts for the Enjoyment of Your Ears and Brain
• It’s Official: DiscoRobo Wins PopSci’s Ultimate Robot Dance-Off
• The Six Places on Earth That Most Resemble Other Planets
• The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 20-24, 2012