I am all for Vedas, but I think they have their own respective position where they should be commended. Some of the Vedas are the result of extensive work of study and perhaps research.
They have provided answers to life's philosophical quests as well as other subjects such as astrology, health, finance/economy and to some extent, science.

But to say Vedas had the understanding to predict many of the phenomenon we are experiencing now is to derive different meaning from Vedas. I don't think Vedas claimed to do so, nor should it be interpreted to do so.

Science on the other hand is always in a quest to update itself. We discover new things and come up with new conclusions. What fascinates me is how the theoretical world of science extends to the practical one - like the atomic bomb or space exploration. Equally fascinating is how predictions that the scientists made are coming true now. Take for example Einstein's prediction that since light bends due to gravity (in the simplest term), we might see multiple images of the same heavenly bodies (stars) at one instance. This is what Scientists discovered recently; they saw same supernova exploding four times. This is because light - which scattered and travelled through different galaxy and had different bends- travelled to our telescope through four different paths. It's fascinating to think that Einstein could predict this phenomenon decades ago when we didn't have technology to confirm the theory - let alone observe anything.

To say Vedas had this capability is to insult both Science and Vedas. Vedas never claimed to have it, that was not its objective.