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Sci-fi short story about a teacher who was being studied to learn how to get robots to replace teachers in classrooms
Looking to identify a sci-fi short story I read in high school.
The story was about a teacher, the last in the country (I think), who was being studied by an AI/government group to learn how to get ...
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Nanotech arms-race short story - nanodevice kills people who have read Drexler
I think I read this short story online (and I think it was quite short) around 2000. The main character has a friend who is enthusiastic about nanotechnology and has a copy of Drexler's Engines of ...
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Short story about aliens who want to trade items for information, stories, jokes etc
So the aliens sent down pods, maybe they were phones, requesting info and would give you things in return. I remember a guy asked for a device that could make anything you want using nanotechnology. ...
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Trying to find a story about a woman and her story with nanotechnology
The plot is centered on a woman. She had a husband who was a scientist. He always told her stories about the future and their technology. She doesn't care much about it. I don't remember why but the ...
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Story about a man bringing nanomachines from the future to save his lover [duplicate]
Many years ago I read a short (?) sci-fi story that I've since lost track of.
Here's what I remember:
A man came from the future, met a girl, fell in love, told her he was from the future and (not ...
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Short story about aliens who use technology to surpass psychic abilities
I seem to remember the story being named "Limiting Factor", but the descriptions do not match.
Earth explorers find a planet where here are crocodile-like beings lazing in a sunny swamp. Suddenly a ...
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Title of story about Nanobots causing a nuclear apocalypse
I read a short story that was part of a series within the last three years. I think it was published then. I remember really enjoying it and I wanted to read more but I can't remember the title of it ...
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grey goo planet which assimilates tech and spreads through the galaxy
I read this short story a while back about this grey goo planet, figured one of you might have happened upon it.
starts off with a space fleet investigating a planet
grey, completely spherical, ...
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