Tag: Craig Venter
Blurring the Line Between Natural and Artificial
As technology mimics nature, at what point might future investigators be unsure about natural versus intelligent causes?
DNA of Things: Embedding Machines with Replication Data
In 1901, divers brought up from an ancient shipwreck the first part of the Antikythera mechanism made by Greek inventors.
New Science Uprising Episode: “Programming Without a Programmer”?
To evolve a protein, Douglas Axe draws a comparison to seeking out — blindfolded! — a particular atom secreted away somewhere in the Milky Way.
On Fantasy in Modern Science
An attribute of a good sci-fi story is that it should open new vistas for the imagination while, at the same time, not requiring the reader to put up with the preposterous.
In a TED Talk, Here’s the Question You May Not Ask
Riccardo Sabatini is charming. He has the TED style down (who teaches them all to talk that way?), and he deploys some memorable images.