Parasite – The Earthian Hivemind

XXI CENTURY SCI-FI – Parasite by Mira Grant

Steph P. Bianchini March 9, 2015 4 Comments

Parasite (2013) by Mira Grant/ Seanan McGuire is an interesting blend of techno-thriller, horror and SF. It features a near-future humanity made virtually disease-free by a gentle, genetically engineered parasite living symbiotically with its human hosts. It’s easy to figure…
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Sci-Fi Snippets

genetics, horror, Hugo Awards, mira grant, Parasite, SF, techno-thriller

A busy year for bacteria

Steph P. Bianchini November 15, 2014 2 Comments

This is definitively the year of bacteria in terms of scientific discovery and ground-breaking experiments. It was only a few months ago that a new strand of DNA was engineered in a lab, creating an organism with semi-synthetic (“alien”) DNA. And it’s…
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Science & Spooky Bits

bacteria, bioengineering, DNA, E. Coli, exoplanet, genoma, Michael Crichton, mira grant, MIT, Parasite, Prey, Science, space, Space exploration, synthetic biology