Science catches up with fiction

Science catches up with fiction

I was just reading an article in the June 25th 2011 New Scientist (Number 2818) called The Evolution Machine when I noticed that the engineers were working to replace the STOP codons in the DNA sequence.

In Dragonsblood, I’d hypothetized that part of the cure for the dragon sickness involved replacing the START codon for the dragon’s triple-helixed Pernese Nucleic Acid (PNA).

Nice to see some things come out right. Now, if only someone who get the whole flying-car, FTL starship thing sorted out, we’d be … well, flying!

2 Replies to “Science catches up with fiction”

  1. Flying cars exist and our dear FAA has already written rule in which to abide by when the masses finally adopt/ can afford them.

    Look up Paul Moller.

  2. Precia,

    Not quite. They’ve been around in various forms for a long time (look up Molt Taylor) but have never (pardon the pun) quite got off the ground. One of the problems has been building foolproof control systems.

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