"No scientific achievement has promised so much, and none has come with greater risks or clearer possibilities for deliberate abuse. The benefits of new technologies—from genetically engineered food to the wonders of pharmaceuticals—often have been oversold. If the tools of synthetic biology succeed, though, they could turn specialized molecules into tiny, self-contained factories, creating cheap drugs, clean fuels, and new organisms to siphon carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."
UK ministers will respond to US tariffs with ‘calm heads’, Starmer tells
business chiefs
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Prime minister says tariffs will be ‘a challenge’ but UK is better placed
with 10% rate than EU at 20%
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