by Andrew Maynard | Dec 26, 2008 | Oversight, Synthetic Biology
Last June I wrote a short piece on biohacking, prompted by a UK report on the social and ethical challenges of synthetic biology. At the time, I though the aspirations of the nascent biopunk community naively optimistic, but potentially worrying. Six months on,...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 6, 2008 | Engagement, Synthetic Biology
Can current approaches to doing science sustain us over the next one hundred years? An increasing reliance on technological fixes to global challenges — including nanotechnology — demands a radical rethink of how we use science in the service of society. Over the...
