A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

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Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

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Gainesville, Florida indie developer Lowe Bros. Studios this week revealed MonCraft 199X, a creature-collecting survival sandbox set in a world where the Y2K bug actually ended civilization — and ...