RL: Five for the Future - Eclipse Phase

Five for the Future 03-03-11

The “paperclipper” x-risk Space beer (and also space burping) Radiation no concern for space crops Equatorial hole perfect for moon base Making a tractor beam with lasers

Five for the Future 02-14-11

New basilisk hack Bomb-detecting plants Storing data in bacteria Transgenic spider-silk bulletproof skin Genetic architecture

First working microwave-spectrum invisibility “cloak” (video link) How black holes can leak (and allow FTL communications) Pluto may have an ocean Genetically-modified mouse sings like bird; may help develop language How many dwarfs are there?

Five for the Future 12-14-10

Saturn’s moon Rhea may have breathable atmosphere Cryovolcano found on Titan Ear biometrics Alternative prosthetic arm Is the future bisexual?

Five for the Future 12-5-10

Life form using arsenic in its DNA discovered on Earth Twinkling stars may reveal wormholes Fingerprinting electronic devices Dark Jupiter may haunt edge of solar system Storing data in bacterial DNA

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