Discover: Stargate Atlantis Gets Biomechanical

The Seed

Those of you who are interested in some of the real world science behind the fiction of Stargate should visit the latest blog entry at the Discover Magazine website entitled, “Stargate Atlantis Gets Biomechanical”.

This article discusses the real world science of using “BioBricks”, “genetic sequences that perform specific functions,” to create miniature machines from organic materials, such as was shown for the creation of Wraith hive ships in the recent Stargate Atlantis episode “The Seed”.

Visit Discover Magazine: Stargate Atlantis Gets Biomechanical for a fascinating look into our scientific future where life might very well imitate art.

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