"Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers the details of creating brand-new chromosomes using digital technology, the reasons why we would want to do this, and the bioethics of synthetic life. A fascinating Q&A with TED's Chris Anderson follows (two words: suicide genes).
Greg Laden's Blog
Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, and Stuff
Recent Comments
- Stephanie Z on SkepchickCon was an unmitigated success
- greg_laden on Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
- Michael on The Storm
- Jason Thibeault on Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
- Silke on Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
- John Swindle on Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
- Rorschach on Evolution vs. Creationism on Family Guy
- Scott on Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
- carr2d2 on SkepchickCon was an unmitigated success
- John Swindle on Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
Profile
Welcome to Greg Laden's Blog.
Search
Blogroll
Archives
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
Recent Posts
- SkepchickCon was an unmitigated success
- Genome Size and Flight in Bats
- Linux: Schedule tasks
- Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes
- Qi Zhang's electrifying organ performance
- Evolution vs. Creationism on Family Guy
- Does your Windows have a bad virus? How to fix with Linux
- Reinstalling Grub
- An interview with death
- Who is freakier, Cats or Dogs?
« Teacher's Carnival | Main | What's a four letter word for a programming language or a kind of necklace (var)? »
Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
Category: Evolutionary Biology
Posted on: March 14, 2008 6:19 PM, by Greg Laden
TrackBacks
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/66630
