
Maybe we saw The Andromeda Strain a few too many times in our formative years, but we can´t help shivering when we hear about microbiologists reanimating long-dormant lethal viruses. And those biologists working to make human limbs grow back: Haven´t we seen that film? Don´t the guys in lab coats all die in the first reel?
They may sound cinematic, but the incredible research projects on the following pages are not imaginary. They´re real, funded ventures by respected scientists. They have perfectly rational goals. They also happen to creep us out.
Continue reading below for six of the scariest ideas in science.

| regarding | user | just commented |
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| Rent a Robotic Suit Named HAL | zip55 | I want one. |
| Making Skin for Robots | drchirag | it't time to do excellent |
| Thinking Beyond the Windmill | riff_raff | As an engineer I applaud |
| Thinking Beyond the Windmill | DarkFx | Finally some vision |
| Farming in the Sky | rnojonson | Mega farming on land or in a |

