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It's Raining Bacteria

Biological ice nucleii in clouds cause more rain than non-biological ones. You got that? There is ice in the clouds that has a BIOLOGICAL nucleus. Living ice. And it creates rain. As if that weren't science fictional enough, Technovelgy has given us a rundown of all the science fiction novels that predicted this would happen. Read the post to find out more about these living ice bacteria, and the books that guessed at its existence. [Technovelgy]

11:59 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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