Five for the Future 11-13-09
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- How habitable is the Earth?
- Defining posthuman sentience
- Designing generation ship society for posterity
- Tasers with extra range, longer shock
- Our galaxy smells like rum and raspberries
Submitted by RobBoyle on
Submitted by RobBoyle on
A mistake in a factory can result in scores of injuries or deaths. A mistake at a chemical plant can kill thousands. But a mistake in a biological laboratory could result in a pandemic. And as more and more people at all levels of competence gain access to the tools for biohacking, the risk of error would seem to rise dramatically.obEP: Firewall investigates a dangerous new bio-plague outbreak, only to discover that it's instigator is a biohacker working on a beneficial new gene therapy who accidentally set something horrible loose.
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Submitted by RobBoyle on
Submitted by RobBoyle on