Synthetic Biology

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What’s the worst that could happen if you could trick a researcher into fabricating a new bioweapon?   Love the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There is a technology innovation arms race between the US and the West and China and others, and right now…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology research is pushing our understanding of the term “Robot” and now human cells have been turned into robots.  …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF CRISPR is a world changing gene editing technology, and AI just found another 200 systems like it … now imagine…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are increasingly learning how to manipulate the code of life – DNA – and we’re doing some very weird…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We’re building AI’s without understanding the risks, and when it comes to meddling with the code of life we’re not…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nature and synthetic biology are finding new ways to combat humanity’s waste and pollution problems.   Love the Exponential Future?…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Not everything man made is better than what nature can create, although increasingly using synthetic biology we’re re-creating nature.  …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly computing and biology are converging, and this is the latest step in that evolution.   Love the Exponential Future?…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our mastery of synthetic biology is improving so much that this weird breakthrough is now possible.   Love the Exponential…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could change your genes with your smart watch? Or just using electricity change your eye colour? That’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This year, you might not know it, your food costs will increase not necessarily because of scarcity but because the…