Volume 1, Issue 1

Channeling the One Power – genetic basis and inheritance

Posted on February 2, 2022

Channeling is the unique ability of some people in the Westlands to take advantage of the True Source, thus driving the One Power for modeling of both matter and time. In other words, these are the magicians in the Wheel of Time universe. However, not all human beings are able to channel, and not all channelers are equal in this ability, which led to the conclusion that some kind of genetic predisposition exist. The current study explores the existing evidence, summarizes the scarce information and tries to explain the genetic basis of channeling.

Ecology of Hyperion’s Tesla trees

Posted on February 1, 2022

Named after the Old Earth inventor Nicola Tesla and his infamous Tesla coil, the Tesla trees are plantiform dominant species in the flame forest of Hyperion. They are characterized by their unique ability to perform electrical discharges in certain seasons, thus causing forest fires of gargantuan proportions. The whole ecosystem of the flame forests is shaped and adapted to this seasonality. The present paper summarizes the biology of Tesla trees, the molecular mechanism of electric discharge, and the ecological significance of this process.