viable

Instead, they create what’s called Minimum Viable Product, a simple prototype with only the core functions.

Turns out, the chemical wasn’t killing the adult birds; it was making their eggs less viable.

They don’t want to have to keep breaking up, they can’t believe that things could be viable.

Some all-female populations can reproduce without joining in the dance, using a process called parthenogenesis to produce viable offspring without the help of a male.

And so the question is, "Can we, with our puny 2020s biotechnology, make this into a viable treatment, a pill even, that we can actually use in human beings?"

It is hell because an urgent need for love collides with absurdly non-negotiable criteria for acceptance and an erratic flow of viable candidates.

Now, I'm very excited about this because I think $3 billion is enough to have a good go and see if we can turn this into a viable human treatment.