What if the zerg creep from Starcraft existed in real life?
Creep: that purple, fibrous, living mat that extends from zerg “buildings” in the computer game StarCraft. Its ominous presence indicates you’re entering unsafe territory…unless you’re playing as zerg, in which case it says “Welcome home!” But what exactly is it? Well, let’s think about it scientifically. It is produced by zerg buildings and spreads across…
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Ryan Anderson -- Science In My Fiction
