Tag: biotechnology
Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”
Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth.
Here Comes “Blade Runner World”!
It is startling to realize that the movie Blade Runner takes place in 2019.
China Genetically Engineering Monkeys to Be More Human
Swell. A few years ago we were promised experiments that would effect the brain would never be done in mice. They were right.
Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show
We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.”
Don’t Let Anti-GMO Fanatics Thwart Improved Photosynthesis Crops
It is flat-out unreasoning — and in my view, anti-human.