"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."
Alan Partridge is back at rock bottom – and it’s the funniest he’s been in
years
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After stadium tour success, the delusional broadcaster is back where he
belongs: self-funding a series about the nation’s mental health. As comedy
goes, ...
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