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 …

“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 …

Insect allies

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 …

Soylent: fuel for the human machine

1. Turn on the kitchen burner to …2. Put 3 liters of water into a 4-liter pot.3. Place the pot on the kitchen burner you have already turned on.4. Add …