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An external womb, will change the nature of human reproduction…

“Once parental roles are equal, there will be no excuse for male-dominated boardrooms or political parties, or much of the other blatant inequality we see today.”

— I wonder if this will turn out to be true. To paraphrase Douglass Adams: Man has always assumed he was better than woman because of high-powered careers; loyalty to sports teams; and the status tokens of cash, clothes and cars. Whereas Woman has always believed she is better than Man for precisely the same reasons…

 

DNA Malware compromising DNA sequencing machines

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/researchers-encode-malware-in-dna-compromise-dna-sequencing-software/I actually have a short story in the works about this concept-

 Malware encoded in the genome of a biological virus gets sequenced by a surgery’s diagnosis machine. The malware hacks the diagnosis sequencer, installing a computer virus, which compromises all the DNA synthesis machines it can find on the network. These start printing and churning out copies of the virus, infecting more humans who seek medical help. The infection spreads through two vectors: person to person and digitally. Every infected patient, sequenced by a susceptible diagnosis machine, creates more compromised nodes in the growing botnet… the plague spreads, its dual-mode allowing it to jump all quarantine measures and airgaps thrown up to halt it… nasty.

Declassified 1950s Flying Saucer vs WEAV the 2010s update


USAF Project 1794: Declassified 1950s Flying Saucer:




…and WEAV — the Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle — a prototype craft utilising atmospheric plasma propulsion that NASA is toying with now.



…using a plasma field you could produce lift in any direction, you could change direction quickly and that power could be turned on or off almost instantly…

This is fascinating stuff. I am looking into this magneto-electro-hydrodynamics tech for Book 3.  I am looking forward to a real flying saucer!