By disrupting a key gene, scientists made chicken feathers more dinosaur-like — but the results didn’t last. In a new study, researchers inhibited a gene during embryonic development to make chicken feathers more primitive, like the kind of simple tube-shaped proto-feathers that likely first emerged in the ancestors of dinosaurs in the Early Triassic 250 … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Clara Ward Fantasy, Sci Fi Clara Ward lives in Silicon Valley on the border between reality and speculative fiction. Their latest novel, Be the Sea, features a near-future ocean voyage, chosen family, and sea creature perspectives, while delving into our oceans, … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Marlena Frank Fantasy, Horror Marlena Frank is the author of young adult fantasy and horror novels, short stories, novellas, and book series. Many of her books have hit the bestseller charts, including her debut novel, Stolen. Several of her books have … Read more
A U.K. start-up has shocked the space exploration community after unveiling plans to use a novel nuclear fusion propulsion system to power an orbital fleet of reusable “alien-like” rockets, known as Sunbirds, which the company says could revolutionize how we explore the solar system — and beyond. The technology behind this ambitious project will begin … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: D.M. Rasch Sci Fi D.M. Rasch writes feminist speculative fiction for LGBTQ+ young adults and adults, exploring where the social and political meet the personal. Her characters are often found doing their best in worlds that challenge them to become their … Read more
We live in places that will be flooded by rising sea levels. We have food production systems dependent on specific climates. And we have built economic structures, trade relationships and social dynamics contingent on certain temperatures. What’s more, we are not alone in this world, and the rapidly changing climate is a threat to the … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Ashley Chappell Fantasy Ashley Chappell writes satire and young adult epic fantasy featuring expansive world-building and universes filled with magic, mayhem, and monsters. Upcoming releases include A Mother of Gods: Dreams of Chaos Book 4 and Harrowers: Hawk of Hell, a … Read more
A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size of our planet, circle one of our closest stellar neighbors, a new study reveals. The rocky alien worlds are close enough that future generations of humans may be able to visit them with futuristic rocket propulsion technology. However, it is unlikely that we … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: SI Clarke Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci Fi SI CLARKE is a Canadian misanthrope who lives in Deptford, sarf ees London. She shares her home with her partner and an assortment of waifs and strays. When not writing convoluted, inefficient stories, she … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Taylor Metzler Fantasy Taylor Metzler currently lives in northern California with her family and cats (and some other pets that need not be mentioned, but we did anyway). She’s been writing since adolescence, and reading more than is healthy for most … Read more
