J. Craig Venter Endorses ScienceDebate2008

Big news, eh?

No power in the 'verse can stop us...

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P.S.: We also added Rep. Jay Inslee today and Kevin Knobloch, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists. And there is more big news coming, of that I can assure you...

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