Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Nature http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Takeaway by Tony Ballantyne http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/takeaway-by-tony-ballantyne/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/takeaway-by-tony-ballantyne/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:35:22 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1700 Title: Takeaway

Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature Futures, 2009

What the Story is About: What does it mean when the ants ordered Chinese take out?

Note: story is a pdf file

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/takeaway-by-tony-ballantyne/feed/ 0 Hillcrest V. Velikovsky by Peter Watts http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/hillcrest-v-velikovsky-by-peter-watts/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/hillcrest-v-velikovsky-by-peter-watts/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:53:20 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1662 Title: Hillcrest V. Velikovsky

Author: Peter Watts

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature Futures short, 2008

What the Story is About: Be careful – a lack of faith can kill you . . .

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/hillcrest-v-velikovsky-by-peter-watts/feed/ 0 The Perfect Lover by Paul Di Filippo http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-perfect-lover-by-paul-di-filippo/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-perfect-lover-by-paul-di-filippo/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:47:55 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=936 Title: The Perfect Lover

Author: Paul Di Filippo

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2006

What the Story is About: “Love is the driver for the mission. Love will supplement the drone’s heuristics in instances where lesser imperatives would collapse. Without that emotion, the failure rate goes up an order of magnitude. And we can’t simulate love yet in the purely moletronic minds.”

Published in the “Futures” series of short fiction in the scientific journal Nature

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Author: Nicola Griffith

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 1999

What the Story is About: “Initial research indicates the practice of egg donation is spurring in some regions a statistically significant alteration in both the new and controversial Raswani Social Intelligence scale and the more traditional Stanford-Binet IQ test.”

This story was published as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

You can listen to the audio version of “Spawn of Satan” at NicolaGriffith.com

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/satans-super-spawn-by-nicola-griffith/feed/ 0 Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN by Joan Slonczewski http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/tuberculosis-bacteria-join-un-by-joan-slonczewski/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/tuberculosis-bacteria-join-un-by-joan-slonczewski/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:20:11 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=516 Title: Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN

Author: Joan Slonczewski

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2000

What the Story is About: After some controversy, Mycobacterium tuberculosis ssp.cyberneticum was voted full membership of the United Nations (UN) .

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Author: Peter Watts

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2007

What the Story is About: Some family history should never be forgotten.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/repeating-the-past-by-peter-watts/feed/ 0 A Modest Proposal for the Perfection of Nature by Vonda McIntyre http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-modest-proposal-for-the-perfection-of-nature-by-vonda-mcintyre/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-modest-proposal-for-the-perfection-of-nature-by-vonda-mcintyre/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:49:15 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/wordpress/?p=135 Title: A Modest Proposal for the Perfection of Nature

Author: Vonda N. McIntyre

Length:  Short Story

First Publication: Nature 2005

What the Story is About: One of the single-page stories published by the scientific journal Nature as part of its “Futures” series, it takes a peek at what the future of the Earth might be like if optimized to serve humanity. .

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Author: Eileen Gunn

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2006

What the Story is About: What happens when man’s best friend is uplifted to sapience?

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

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Author: Ellen Klages

First Publication: Nature, 2006

What the Story is About: The perfect baby sister . . .

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

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Author: Steve Longworth

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2007

What the Story is About: A surprising solution for human health.

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

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Author: Gareth Owens

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2007

What the Story is About: It’s tough for aging rock stars . . .

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-new-note-for-nat-by-gareth-owens/feed/ 0 Homo Sapiens Declared Extinct by Bruce Sterling http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/homo-sapiens-declared-extinct-by-bruce-sterling/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/homo-sapiens-declared-extinct-by-bruce-sterling/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:20:29 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=275 Title: Homo sapiens Declared Extinct

Author: Bruce Sterling

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 1999

What the Story is About: The end of human evolution?

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

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