Mutant super-cockroaches from space
January 23rd, 2008
Great. Oh just GREAT.
It's nice to see that one of the staple plot devices of science fiction is actually true. Apparently, a trip to space can give you superpowers; at least if you're a cockroach.
According to Russian news agency Novosti, baby cockroaches conceived aboard a satellite in September have apparently grown up to be faster and tougher than their terrestrial brethren.
It isn't nice when the subject in question is my arch-nemesis.
Not much detail in the report; would like to see deeper findings published in the future. I'd like to understand the science behind — I mean how the frock do you explain — acquiring superpowers by being born in space.
Anyway, if they bring them back to Earth, we're basically doomed. They will find their way out of captivity. (Refer: Murphy's Law. Also: sci-fi horror flicks.)
No, we're already doomed, our fate is sealed. Eventually they will learn to control the crew's minds and pilot the spacecraft themselves.
No. They might not even need spacecraft.