"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."
Norman Tebbit, former Tory cabinet minister, dies at 94
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Tebbit was MP for Epping and Chingford, made peer in 1992 and was one of
Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters
Norman Tebbit, the former Conservative...
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