This one is pretty easy to make into a story. What if they were left at sea while the rest of the country dealt with an outbreak? Who would emerge as a leader? What would they do for food? This could be lord of the flies on a cruise ship. Create similar characters and have […]
The new technology will work like Miles Morales’s spider web in the Spiderverse movie, once it’s developed enough to be used by scientists. What would the world look like if this technology became popular? If hovercrafts are ever created, they could be parked on the sides of buildings. On a simple level, mounting pictures at home would […]
What would happen if this type of pivot occurred in response to an even greater global threat? A common situation in science fiction is a first contact, the arrival of aliens. If extraterrestrials were to appear, threatening the entire planet, what other factories would be able to change what they manufacture? An easy transition would […]
This got me thinking: what would a future look like if saltwater could be utilized by all crops? Corn, rice, vegetables… the world’s population would have access to much more quality nutrition, allowing more humans to thrive. When more humans thrive, there are more people to contribute to society and try their hand at solving […]
What if scientists were able to study the parasite which doesn’t breathe at all and use their findings to tweak the human genome to require less, or no, oxygen? Humans could then survive underwater, or in space, without oxygen or requiring much less. The technology to edit DNA already exists, and it isn’t a large […]
While the world is in the grips of the Coronavirus out of China, another virus has been found that possesses genetic material never before seen by scientists. This is highly unusual because most of the time scientists can find genes they’ve seen somewhere before, even if the virus itself is new. But don’t worry; this virus only affects […]
Quantum dots are tiny semiconductors a few nanometers wide. They can be used to transport electrons when exposed to solar energy. These dots are so small they can be printed on flexible sheets without breakage risk, unlike solar panel technology. These sheets could be applied to windows, cars, even cell phones, to power electrical devices. […]
The discovery of the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans at the Chernobyl power plant has given scientists reason to believe the organism could be of use to humans on the International Space Station (ISS), where astronauts face much higher levels of radiation from the sun. The fungi was first described in 1894. Before the Chernobyl discovery, it was known […]
The skeleton was discovered beneath a historic house in Connecticut. Three other skeletons were previously found beneath the 18th century house, and experts believe all four could be the remains of soldiers who died during a battle in the area in 1777. All four skeletons belonged to young men. Taking this into story mode: this could be a […]
Wildlife trade in China was rampant due to their desire for traditional medicines and exotic foods. In what sounds like it came from a doomsday novel, a market in a Chinese province has been ground zero for a new virus which has spread to humans. The fear caused by the virus has crippled travel and shutdown […]
