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foxyfoo t1_ispscn5 wrote

They better not let these bacteria out of the lab or we are all screwed

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bradmajors69 t1_ispuid2 wrote

Reminds me of that Vonnegut book where a nifty new useful chemical called Ice 9 gets out of hand and sterilizes the planet. (IIRC)

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dunkybones t1_ispv83w wrote

Cat's Cradle is the novel you are thinking of.

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Darryl_Lict t1_isqujxt wrote

There is actually a real ice 9 known as ice IX. Fortunately it doesn't have the same characteristic as Vonnegut's version. It exists at crazy low temperatures and super high pressures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_IX

Ice exhibits at least eighteen phases (packing geometries), depending on temperature and pressure.

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majnuker t1_isq0oaz wrote

It also is reminiscent of the Andromeda Strain which rapidly mutates into being airborne and then out of being deadly/eating stuff. Fantastic book.

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skubaloob t1_isqnn6d wrote

Ice 9 was ice which froze things solid at high temperatures. Damn Army complaining about mud ended the world

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Crivos t1_isq2r3f wrote

It’s ok we keep them in Wuhan Institute of Virology

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Kp101redditer t1_ispzfg5 wrote

Lemme guess, they become alive, eat anything, and a small cat has to escape them to get out of some sewers in an abandoned cyberpunk esq. city and to do a job for some rusting robots

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