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Purdue Pharma Ready To Profit From OxyContin Use Or Addiction Recovery re: Philip K. Dick (2/3/2019)
BloxVox Mutes Cellphone Convos re: Robert Heinlein (2/1/2019)
Superfast Replicator: Volumetric Additive Manufacturing re: Gene Roddenberry (1/29/2019)
DNA May Contain Malware re: Alastair Reynolds (w/S. Baxter) (1/27/2019)
I Can't Resist Worm Robots re: Harry Harrison (1/25/2019)
Rplate Digital License Plates Now Legal In Michigan re: Daniel Suarez (1/23/2019)
Can Musk Starship Astronauts Use Magnetic Boots? re: Jack Williamson (1/21/2019)
Giant Dolphin Spotted On Jupiter! re: Various (1/19/2019)
Musk's Starship An SF Fan's Dream Come True re: Various (1/17/2019)
TinyMobileRobots Are Sewer Sentinels re: Various (1/15/2019)
Fishy Facial Recognition Now Possible re: Frank Herbert (1/13/2019)
Spicy Tomatoes Created With Genetic Engineering re: Robert Heinlein (1/11/2019)
Driverless Hotel Rooms Predicted In 1828 re: Jane Webb Loudon (1/9/2019)
Yandex Self-Driving Taxi Is Very Smooth re: Arthur C. Clarke (1/7/2019)
Shrimp Actually Made Of Algae Is A New Wave Food re: James Blish (1/5/2019)
Cosplay Style Wings Could Work On Moon re: Robert Heinlein (1/3/2019)
Tesla Model 3 Has Outside Speaker Grille re: Robert Heinlein (1/1/2019)
Arizona Luddites Attack Self-Driving Vehicles re: Various (12/29/2018)
Organaut! Russians 3D Print Living Tissue In Space re: Larry Niven (12/27/2018)
WINE Spacecraft To Extract Water From Asteroids re: Raymond Z. Gallun (12/25/2018)
Japanese Swordsmiths Take On Asteroids re: E.C. Tubb (12/23/2018)
Saturn's Rings To Vanish, Let's Mine Them While We Can re: Nelson S. Bond (12/21/2018)
Humans Could Take Up A LOT Less Space re: Various (12/19/2018)
Implosion Fabrication Shrinks 3D Objects To Nanoscale re: Isaac Asimov (12/17/2018)
GMO Houseplant Cleans Your Air re: Gregory Benford (12/15/2018)
Nova Meat Can 3D Print Your Dinner re: Gene Roddenberry (12/13/2018)
MIT Scientists Create 'Peek-a-Boo Prober' From Jetsons re: Various (12/11/2018)
Wound Healing With Wearable Nanogenerators re: Frank Herbert (12/9/2018)
Flying Dragon Robot Transforms In Mid-Air re: Various (12/7/2018)
Negative Matter Fluid Theorized In New Paper re: Robert Forward (12/5/2018)
Grow Structures Upon Planetfall - Myco-Architecture re: Greg Bear (12/3/2018)
MXene Hydrogel Skin For Robots Flexes And Senses re: J.G. Ballard (12/1/2018)
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