You may have your reservations about those whom the Establishment had early on characterized as specialized idiots – unless, of course, you are one of them… However, from a more …
Business ownership in everything!
The recognition of “intellectual property” (i.e. industrial/commercial exploitation) in genetic material (and therefore in life forms) is supposedly acknowledged only if some technical intervention has been made to it. These …
Kicks to the genitals?
When we indicate it, it might simply be another moment of “marginality.” But if it is an official paper, submitted and registered in the “national medical library” of the USA? …
The gourmet treats of the “new normal”
The “artificial burgers,” made from “artificial meat,” have already reached the shelves of grocery stores: with the right processing, the right additives, the right flavorings, and, of course, the right …
Mutated forests
The idea is relatively old: our forests have a problem, natural trees are problematic, so let’s replace them with genetically engineered… What problem did the watchful eye of biotechnologists detect …
Electric starch
Chinese biotechnologists, from the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, announced last fall the first (global) laboratory construction of starch from carbon dioxide. While biotechnologists in the West have focused on …
Seeds of slavery, seeds of despair, seeds of suicide
These are the names given to the genetically modified cotton seeds of Monsanto that now dominate more than 90% of India’s cotton crops. Until the spread of genetically modified hybrids, …
“New forest”
The “new normal” has many “new” things. It is a “Pandora’s container” according to the specifications of the 4th industrial revolution. And the deadly naivety with which genetic engineering was …
Health on your plate!
FReSH (initials standing for Food Reform for Sustainability and Health) is a benevolent initiative of the “World Business Council” to restructure the world’s food system; and to make companies adapt …
Σύμμαχοι εντόμων
Besides teaching robotic weapons the joy of cooperation and initiative, the American DARPA, the technological arm of the U.S. military, wants to genetically modify (and mass-produce) insects to enlist them …
farmers in offices
What urban farming? That’s old news. Let’s go for office farming! The Japanese company Pasona group, which specializes in providing advice on personnel selection and management and work organization, offers …