Ergebnis für "2" in Gentechnik

Im Jahr 2700 - die Erde ist durch den Großen Fehler bereits vor langem zerstört worden - leben die Menschen auf 200 verschiedenen Planeten. Künstliche Intelligenzen - kurz KIs genannt - kontrollieren diese Welten in einem Computernetz. Sie haben sich zu den heimlichen Herrschern über die Menschen erhoben. Auf dem Planeten Hyperion, der außerhalb dieser Kernzone liegt, regiert eine Schreckensgottheit: das Shrike, einem rätselhaftes Wesen, halb organisch, halb mechanisch, und Inbegriff des Schmerzes und der Qual.

Seit den Enthüllungen rund um die Transhumanistische Allianz ist das Sonnensystem in Aufruhr. Ed wird in den internationalen Ethikrat einberufen und muss Entscheidungen über den Einsatz von riskanten Technologien treffen. Im Zuge dessen untersucht Kumiko die Testperson eines Experiments, das Rätsel aufgibt. Ein Selbstmord erschüttert die Bewohner von Sphäre 1 und es macht sich eine Aggression breit, die sogar Tiere in der Biosphäre anzustecken scheint. Rakesh versucht herauszufinden, was dahinter steckt und muss sich tief sitzenden Ängsten stellen.

Die Erde, wie wir sie kennen, gibt es nicht mehr. Der Alltag der Menschen wird beherrscht von Hungersnöten und völliger Zerstörung. Die genmodifizierten Lebensmittel, die auf dafür entwickelten Raumstationen hergestellt werden, können sich nur die Reichen leisten - und auf den Raumstationen selbst sprengt schon ein Mensch zu viel die Kapazitäten. Werden es zu viele, werden sie ohne Rücksicht umgesiedelt. Doch im Untergrund entstehen Unruhen, und eine Rebellion gegen das menschenverachtende System bahnt sich an.

Mit dem Genmaterial aus dem Erbe der Lantis war es möglich, die ausgestorbenen Saurier neu zu erschaffen. Aber es dauerte nicht lange, bis sie nur noch ein großes Geschäft waren. Vor allem die Tierkampfmafia entdeckt die gewaltigen Tiere als ideales Material. Aber Yra liebt ihre Saurier. Sie wagt sich allein in die Höhle des Löwen, um dem skrupellosen Treiben ein Ende zu setzen.

What happens when science goes too far? Chimera Secrets feature five stories about genetically altered humans who find love. A Nurse for a Wolfman: Only love can tame the beast. Guarding the Mermaid: Love is even more slippery than this mermaid when wet. The Lionman Kidnapping: It’s not just his mane that’s impressive. A Chimera’s Revenge: A mad scientist. An even madder patient. A fiery kind of love. Capturing a Unicorn: Will he betray or save the world’s only unicorn?

Der 'Burning Man' schlechthin! Eigentlich wollte ich nur meiner Freundin auf dem 'Burning Man' aushelfen... Eigentlich wollte ich mit dem geil aussehenden Typen bloß ein Nümmerchen schieben... Eigentlich dachte ich mir, sein Raumschiff wäre bloß ne coole Kulisse... Eigentlich machte ich bloß einen Scherz, als ich sagte, dass er mich auf seinen Planeten mitnehmen sollte und ich bei ihm bleiben würde, wenn er mir gefällt... Spaß beiseite! Der Typ ist Klasse. Sein Planet irre gefährlich. Die Schriftzeichen, die ich in den Katakomben entdecke, der Traum jedes Sprachwissenschaftlers.

No plan ever survives contact with the enemy. Especially when you can't be certain which side is your enemy. Nalyn Ila did her best to lay plans for every imaginable contingency. But some contingencies were not imaginable. Now Ila has no choice but to change her plans as fast as she can, trying to stay one step ahead of disaster. Without Syova's help, everything she has tried to achieve will certainly fail.

Khatash. Home to the Depik—the galaxy’s deadliest assassins. The jungle is so dangerous, even the Depik don’t set foot there lightly. After the Veetanho seized and occupied the planet, the Depik’s allies rallied to retake the world. Bjorn’s Berserkers were among the liberation force. After the allies defeated the Veetanho, and the Depik reclaimed their world, the Berserkers stayed on as a garrison. With the contract nearing its end, Bjorn Tovesson III returns to the world for what he hopes is the last time. Unfortunately, it could be just that.

Growing up on modern day Earth, I had no idea I’d been selected from birth to help a dying race save their population. So when a starship abducts me for a royal wedding with galactic consequences, my only option is to help its crew of beautiful officers complete their mission. The catch? I have to protect my gorgeous bride and new allies from an alluring enemy who wants my immunity to a fertility-killing plague for herself, even if it means I have to take command.

Her name is Eve14. She is the result of a 1000-year project by the robots of Earth to restore the planet after all life was wiped out in 2065. 27 robotic minds, copied from Earth's great scientists, carried on after the species died. They mixed and matched those minds in endless combinations, producing a whole race of machines with human personalities. Immortal, but with memories of sensations they can no longer experience, some renegade robots now have a daring agenda.

Paul Mitchell wasn't sure how things could get any worse. Sure, he'd been booted from the Marine Corps and was forced to work as a freelancer because he couldn't hold down a regular job. He'd signed on with a mysterious crew of women, sailed across the void, and met interesting aliens and new people who tried to kill him. Against all odds, he'd somehow found himself stuck between a criminal psycho, Naval Intelligence, and a drop-dead gorgeous skipper who actually liked him. He'd even pulled a regular Prince Charming and saved a damsel in distress.

Only a few short weeks ago, I was a regular human..if you count being trained to kill from the time I hit puberty and crossing the globe to go on missions normal. Then, I found out I could steal powers from superheroes. It wasn't long before I formed my own team of supes called Unity. With a collection of beautiful superheroes surrounding me, I'm starting to feel like I might be able to take on Pinnacle one day.

They called her the devil’s child. From birth, Assisi Lastra was raised on fear, shame, and whispered prayers meant to cleanse her soul. But Sisi never asked to be saved. She only wanted to be seen. And then she met Vlad. A monster. A living weapon trained to destroy, not to love. She thought she could save him, but instead, he broke her trust and ripped her soul apart. And then he left. But monsters don’t know how to stay away from the light they crave. Vlad comes back a man changed.

Bethany Anne has started to make a difference in the first week of being awake. Now, America has been losing good men since their teams don't have a vampire to help them. Frank is hoping Bethany Anne can, and will, help. Further, the American Pack Council is having internal problems with their own young-and-dumb weres who want to ignore Michael's strictures. With no one seeing Michael, the fear of the Boogeyman is starting to recede.

Already faster and more powerful than the last 17 species that they have destroyed or subjugated, the Krall have set their sights on humankind. After testing humans on their future home world of Koban and finding them worthy opponents, the Krall start a war of slow extermination with the rest of humanity. The war is intended to last generations as they apply their own version of "natural selection" to cull their weaker warriors in combat, purifying the Krall gene pool with their finest warriors for breeding.

Cecilia is now eight years old, but she is more than a child. She is The Return, the ultimate hybrid of humanoid and non-humanoid species in the Universe. Her destiny is monumental, to restore reality to its natural order. She is the key to a cosmic reset, a spark to ignite an evolution of consciousness across all of existence. Her supernatural powers are unlike anything the Universe has ever known. But power invites danger and while some are drawn to love and protect her, others seek to exploit her gifts—or to end her life entirely.

Derek Jenner, the Crypto-Hunter, is back! Something is terrorizing the inhabitants of the Garden State, leaving a trail of missing persons and mutilated bodies in its wake. All signs point to the Jersey Devil, a creature long considered a hoax even in the cryptozoological community. Desperate for answers, the authorities summon Derek and his team to investigate.

Acheron Colony was supposed to be humanity's greatest windfall. Using long-range sensors, the planet tested out as a super-Earth—but the reality is frightening. Instead of a green world bursting with life, the colonists find a dead rock covered in ash. Something has dismantled every organic molecule on Acheron—and no one knows how or why. When a mysterious signal that defies explanation begins to pulse from an alien ruin, the colonists panic. Something ancient was here long before them, and the signal, like a heartbeat, won't let them forget it.

How far would you go to feel whole again? Six months after the events on Dreadmoor Island, Dr Elliott Harrison is falling apart. His hands betray him. Words disappear. The implant designed to save lives is destroying his brain. Then a woman arrives in A&E, barely coherent, talking about an experimental drug. Others dismiss her. Elliott doesn’t. With nothing left to lose, he takes it. The silence that follows is immediate. Beautiful. His mind sharpens. Everything makes sense. For the first time in years, he feels free. But his perception is changing. People reduce to patterns.

The past isn't buried. It's hunting them. Shea Murphy thought the worst was behind her. Hidden deep in the Alaskan wilderness with Gregg, John, and the boy she's come to love as her own, she finally has something she never thought possible-peace. But apparently peace was never part of the plan. When a hidden tracker inside her body activates, everything unravels. Again. Hunted by a man who refuses to let her go, who is armed with technology capable of rewriting reality itself-Shea and her family are forced back on the run. Every decision becomes a gamble. Every safe place, a trap.