Here are some of the sources that inspired The Rainbow Virus:
- Baumgaertner, Emily, "As D.I.Y. Gene Editing Gainst Popularity, 'Someone Is Going to Get Hurt'," The New York Times, May 14, 2018
- Bison Light Armored Vehicle
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Emergency Preparedness and Response: Bioterrorism"
- Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, 2008
- G2R RIP ammunition video and R.I.P. review video
- Hilton, Wyl S., "How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism?" The New York Times, October 26, 2011
- Zimmer, Carl, "Amateurs Are New Fear in Creating Mutant Virus," The New York Times, March 5, 2012
- Bioterrorism, Wikipedia
- Robert Krulwich NPR video explaining how a virus infects a cell. Here's another version with a more technical narration.
- Altman, Lawrence K., "An Elite Team of Sleuths, Saving Lives in Obscurity," The New York Times, April 10, 2010
- Giant viruses Wikipedia entry
- The Loom, Please welcome Megavirus, the world’s most ginormous virus
- Study of giant viruses shakes up tree of life, University of Illinois
- Meinhardt, Patricia, Water and Bioterrorism: Preparing for the Potential Threat to U.S. Water Supplies and Public Health, Annual Review of Public Health,26: 213-237, April 2005
- Malakoff, David, "Flu Controversy Spurs Research Moratorium, Science," 335, no 6067: 387-389, January 27, 2012
- McNeill, Donald G., Jr. "Scientist Plays Down Danger of Flu Strain," The New York Times, January 25, 2012
- Niiler, Eric, "The Pentagon Ponders the Threat of Synthetic Bioweapons," Wired, July 10, 2017
- Garrett, Laurie, "A Public Policy Expert Looks at the Bird Flu Threat," The New York Times, January 2, 2012
- Grady, Denise, "Scientists to Pause Research on Deadly Strain of Bird Flu," The New York Times, January 20, 2012
- McNeill, Donald G., Jr., and Grady, Denise, "How Hard Would It Be for Avian Flu to Spread? The New York Times, January 2, 2012
- Saey, Tina Hesman, "Designer Flu," Science News, June 2, 2012
- Zimmer, Carl, "Changing View on Viruses: Not So Small After All," The New York Times, July 18, 2013
