Making microorganisms produce the chemicals you want takes a lot of trials. So this lab has automated the testing process.
Story prompt: a lab like this produces something unexpectedly wonderful or terrible, and it causes chaos among the scientists.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/the-robot-revolution-comes-to-synthetic-biology
Via Sarah Rios. This is what noblebright fantasy is all about, and why we called our boxed set Light in the Darkness. Darkness in the darkness isn’t any more interesting than light in the light.
Originally shared by Kay Solo
This is a good post. I’ve seen this said about tragedy, and I’ve seen this said about conflict. They’re idealized as crucial building blocks in the storytelling formula, and while they have their place, it’s very easy to fall into the trap of adding tragedy for the sake of having tragedy, thinking that these are guaranteed forces to drive your story forward in a compelling way.
This often leads to your “grimdark” stories that many people escape by reading/writing purposefully over-the-top happy things because there’s an overwhelming amount of tragedy and hurt and depressing fluff. These are not the only ways you can keep a reader interested. Moderation in all things, and that applies especially here. It’s possible to be bland, but equally possible to go too far in the opposite direction.
Originally shared by Arduino
Arduino-controlled wrist thrusters let snorkeler fly through the water effortlessly.
Considering that the gut releases more of some neurochemicals than the brain does, this isn’t as surprising as it might be. But still fairly surprising.
Originally shared by Melissa Walsh
This is a huge step towards finding a cure to Parkinson’s disease.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Do we have a moral obligation to increase lifespan? If so, are there upper limits?
I open my novella Gu, which is not about virtual reality, with a bunch of people complaining because they’ve been asked to be physically present at a presentation and they don’t understand why. Seems like a reasonable future.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
NBC hosted a press event entirely in virtual reality for their new series Halcyon.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
3D printing is bringing us close to recreating the most difficult to recreate organ.
Originally shared by Writers Write
‘Better antagonists create better protagonists. Our novels revolve around these characters. Without strong adversaries, our heroes have nobody to test them. Great antagonists force them to learn about their weaknesses and to realise their strengths.’
#writingadvice
Originally shared by Gregor J. Rothfuss
for the first time, a bacterium has made a silicon – carbon bond, opening up vast possibilities.