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Chinese Steal American Seeds From Our Fields
'The Iszic maintain a jealously guarded monopoly...' (re: Jack Vance)

Rise Of Skywalker Could Trigger Epileptic Seizures
'... then the screen started to flicker. I stared at it for a while.' - John Varley, 1984. (re: John Varley)

Singing Ringing Tree Wind-Powered Sculpture
'It was like no music Dirk had ever heard, It was eerie and wild...' - George RR Martin, 1977. (re: George R.R. Martin)

Extremophile Microbe Loves Space Rocks
'... designed for rooting in the metal make-up of the asteroids for vital elements.' - F.E. Hardart, 1941. (re: F.E. Hardart)

Magic Mushroom Nose Spray From Silo Wellness
'I don't need help... that's not my diagnosis!' (re: Various)

CAV-X Supercavitating Ammo Deadly Underwater
'...in the midst of this fluid, which is very dense compared with the atmosphere, shots could not go far.' - Jules Verne, 1875. (re: Jules Verne)

Space Domes Over-rated? Science Fiction Authors Have Answers
'This was to be roofed over, sealed, and an atmosphere provided...' - Robert Heinlein, 1939. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Injectable Magnetic Fluid Slows Bleeding, Aids Magneto
'There's something different about you.' (re: Various)

Autonomous Wheelchairs Improve Airport Mobility
'Noiselessly, on rubber-tired wheels, they journeyed down the long aisles...' - David H. Keller, 1928. (re: David H. Keller)

HVSD, Kitty Hawk's Electric Plane
Very quiet commuter plane offers VTOL service. (re: John W. Campbell)

Frictionless Toilet Could Save 140 Billion Liters Of Water
'The bowl was a frictionless surface...' Niven and Pournelle, 1974. (re: Niven and Pournelle)

Viisights AI Hones Video Surveillance
''The math boys worked it out...' Pournelle and Niven, 1981. (re: Pournelle and Niven)

Cybertruck The Solar-Powered Steel Tortoise
'It drew its power from... sunpower screens on its low curved roof.' - Robert Heinlein, 1940. (re: Robert Heinlein)

Road Noise Charges Electric Cars With Peugeot Piezoelectric Billboard
''... major cities of Earth have free electrical power conveniently processed from their own noise.' - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. 1956. (re: Lloyd Biggle, Jr.)

Unsinkable Metal Latest Gates Obsession
'A metal... light as cork.' - Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1929. (re: )

M-Blocks 2.0 Self-Assembling Robots
'Faster the cubes moved...' - Abraham Merritt, 1920. (re: Abraham Merritt)

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