Fictional Diseases
The next time you’re handling nuclear waste or sifting through the remains of a meteorite crash, make sure you don’t catch one of these fictional diseases.
Andromeda Strain—
An alien organism brought to earth by a crashed satellite. It initially kills by turning blood to powder or causing bizarre suicidal dementia. It mutates rapidly and thrives on direct energy conversion. It can only survive in a narrow pH range, however, and can thus be destroyed by excess acidity or alkalinity in infected victims' bloodstreams. Lots more to enjoy and recall from your favorite books and… soap operas?