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by Raymond Z. Gallun

Amazing story about two survivors of an expedition to a small fragment of a world that is traveling through our solar system. What has killed the other astronauts? Something too small to see...

("Menace in Miniature" by Raymond Gallun)

Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

'Protonic Storms' Unleashed On DNA In Space
   Should astronauts watch out for the fury of protonic storms?

Robots Making Smaller Robots Making Smaller Robots
   Robotic technologies make possible smaller and smaller manufactured goods - too small for people to make.

3D DNA-Directed Nanoassembly
   First instance of three-dimensional self-directed nanoassembly; building materials from the bottom up.

Robotic Insect Pop-Up Origami Fabrication
   Remarkable fabrication process for tinier and tinier robots.

World's First Rapid 3D Nanoscale Printer
   'Down, to the limit imposed by the ultimate indivisibility of the atoms themselves...'- Raymond Z. Gallun, 1937.

Smartphone Microdrone Concept - Viva Vivo!
   'With the Scarab as big as a beetle, I could make a Scarab as big as a sand grain.' - Raymond Z. Gallun, 1937.

Smallest Remote-Controlled Walking Robot Crabs
   A robot 'as big as a dust grain.' - Raymond Z. Gallun, 1937.

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