So by "spring to life" the writer meant "we may, if we're lucky, finally see a glint of something". It's very exciting, yet the writer put it in terms that will scare the living hell of any uneducated person like me. Glad there's always HN.
I was thinking of the exact same thing.
It's ironic when a piece of writing tries to present you with factual information begins with a deceiving title, all in the name of attention grabbing.