If you already understand what's happening with the Venter Institute synthetic genome announcement, and just want to see my response, here's the money quote from the end of the previous post: One suggestion that we know is possible, because a...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on May 22, 2010 5:58 PM
The Venter Institute announcement that it had successfully crafted the first self-replicating synthetic organism caused quite a stir, even among people who are otherwise pretty jaded about emerging tech. It's useful to understand exactly what is -- and what isn't...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on May 22, 2010 5:54 PM
Ug99 is a scary fungus that could DESTROY THE WORLD... well, actually, could devastate global wheat crops, which is a pretty fair approximation if you dislike famine. It started in Uganda in 1999 (hence Ug 99), but is now being...
Posted by Jamais Cascio on August 17, 2009 2:37 PM
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