Colony Collapse Disorder has been an increasing problem over the last century as bee populations die off. When first noticed in the early 2000’s, it was thought of as a parasitic infestation. Resources weren’t contributed to the issue until it was too late. The bee populations fell to a dangerously low level, and it wasn't until then we realized the scope of the issue. With bees pollinating the vast majority of the world’s crops, food production decreased at massive rates and food shortages arose.

While these issues remain today, we have applied old research and discovered that CCD is due to excess electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere, the effect of which was confusing bees' navigational abilities, in which they direct themselves home by sensing the Earth’s natural electromagnetic field with a chemical in their eyes called cryptochrome. Bees were no longer able to "see" their way back to their colonies, got lost and died. This also affected the cryptochrome enabled migratory patterns of butterflies and birds. To reduce this calamity and reverse the damage, the United World Government has banned all wireless transmissions.

meme |mēm|
1. noun
An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.

Memes can be considered the unit of cultural evolution, as ideas can evolve in a way analogous to biological evolution, and two ideas can recombine to produce a new idea involving elements of each parent idea.

ORIGIN: 1976; coined by R. Dawkins, Brit. biologist

2. noun
Appropriated to describe a rumoured subculture in the Ghettoes of the Western continent. Rumours range from cults in search of famed missing nano-roboticist Dorothy Ascher to that of an evolutionary posthuman.

ORIGIN: 2067; coined by R. Finch, cultural philosopher

As pollution, environmental degradation and inadequate food supplies eroded the natural cycle and health of the populace, and cultural selfishness and individuality gripped the global psyche, birth rates plummeted, and infertility rates rose at an astonishing rate. A complete scientific reason has yet to be found. The medical community has found in vitro fertilization helps in a small percentage of circumstances. However, the UWG implores the populace not to resort to in vitro cloning, and would like to inform you this method of pregnancy has been criminalized.

The UWG would like to let you know that if too many births are a result of clones, this will thin out the gene pool to dangerous and possibly irreversible proportions. Also, for women who are cloning themselves, it appears the body’s immune system seems to treat a fetus with the exact DNA of its host as a cancer or malignant growth and tries to eradicate it. Most of these pregnancies tend to end in bloody and possibly deadly miscarriages. Please stay informed about your health, and the law.