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Are You Ready for a Bioweapons Lab in Your Town?

In its ongoing efforts to stamp out all things terror-related, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has just released a giant report on its plans to build a mega bio-defense lab where scientists will study the Earth's deadliest diseases for humans and animals. Basically, it will be a real-life version of that lab you saw in the recent A&E revamp of The Andromeda Strain. Sounds awesome, right? The problem is that disease leaks from the lab are not entirely unlikely, according to the report. More »

8:00 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,304 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: @Original Poster:They better not have seen Resident Evil or The Stand, either... more »

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Larry Niven Tells DHS to Spread Organ Harvesting Rumors

There's a small group of science fiction authors who call themselves SIGMA and offer the U.S. government advice on futuristic scenarios. Many of them are invited to conferences and events where they dispense wisdom to security types, and just recently one of them — Larry "Ringworld" Niven — offered the Department of Homeland Security some of the creepiest advice we've ever heard about how to handle problems with overcrowding in hospitals. More »

10:06 AM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Annalee Newitz
5,550 views, 58 comments