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• Synthetic biology and the public: Time for a heart to heart?

  From 2020science.org: So, you have a cool new science that could make a major impact on global challenges like energy, disease and pollution and you want to make sure it reaches its full potential. What do you do? At some point, having a heart to heart Read More... Posted 30 September 2008 11:52 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 0 Comments Filed under: Public engagement, Engagement, Synthetic Biology, Biopunk, 2020 Science

• Synthetic biology, ethics and the hacker culture

  Read Thomas L. Friedman’s “The World is Flat” or Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon”, and you get a glimpse into how the hacker culture that emerged at the tail end of the twentieth century revolutionized the digital world. Will a confluence of emerging Read More... Posted 13 June 2008 19:36 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 6 Comments Filed under: Nanotechnology, Risk, Public engagement, Outreach, Risks, Perception, Engagement, Policy, Safety, Regulation, Oversight, Research, Synthetic Biology, Sustainability, Hacking, Biopunk, Synbio