Cultural News and Opinions
Supermouse stuns scientists with physical abilities
Scientists have been astounded by the creation of a genetically modified "supermouse" with extraordinary physical abilities - comparable to the performance of the very best athletes - raising the prospect that the discovery may one day be used to transform peoples
The G(e)nomes of Zurich: Civil Society Calls for Urgent Controls on Synthetic Life
Synthetic biologists contend that all the parts of life can be made synthetically (that is, by chemistry) and then engineered together in the laboratory to produce “living machines” – fully working organisms programmed for particular tasks. Some are being designed for intentional environmental release.
Undocumented Workers Need to be Respected, Paid and Given a Way Forward
Fresno, Calif., author and farmer David Mas Masumoto advocates immigration
reform not just for the welfare of those who grow and harvest food, but also
for the enjoyment of all who eat it.
Under the current system, which gives so many immigrants illegal
status, good workers from south of the border are forced to hide in the
shadows, constantly fearful of deportation.
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