Nanotechnology: what is reality and what is magic?
Arthur C. Clarke famously said that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I always keep this quote in my mind when reading science fiction and try to spot where things become indistinguishable from magic. They always do. One of the most popular ways in modern sci-fi to get away with magic is to…
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Ryan Anderson - Science In My Fiction
Scientists are using sheep to decontaminate TNT-tainted land
A team of scientists is feeding TNT to a flock of sheep. A. Morrie Craig, a veterinary scientist at Oregon State University, has found that the cud-chewing mammals can efficiently clean up explosives-contaminated soil, of which there are 1.3 million tons throughout the U.S. TNT and other explosives from military munitions training and the remnants…
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Jonathan Parkinson - Popular Science
