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Living Inside An Intelligent Home Built By An Ex
- Anu'li lives alone in a shape-shifting smart home named Obi-3 that her ex-fiancé designed and still owns.
- Obi-3 requests construction materials, deploys drones to fetch them, and reshapes itself into triangles or squares while tending to her daily needs.
Pregnancy, Shame, And Choosing Home Over Safety
- Anwalee contracted the allergy while pregnant and chose to stay in Obi-3 rather than evacuate, partly because it represented the only thing she kept from her relationship.
- Her decision isolates her socially: fiancé exposes his marriage, friends and family block her, leaving Obi-3 as her sole companion.
How A Super Plant Created A Public Health Tradeoff
- New Delta's economy and environment were transformed by a GMO periwinkle grass that scrubs CO2 and produces an edible seed called periw.
- The grass's wind pollination and recent climate shifts created seasonal pollen tsunamis, linking ecological engineering to new public-health crises.