Month: September 2018

Civic Responsibility

The following post  was first posted: Friday, September 19th, 2014 – Volume 10; Number 39 Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt Civic Responsibility “The Roosevelts” aired on PBS this past week providing fascinating insights about a family that looked past its great wealth and accepted civic responsibility…



Synthetic Biology

Genetic engineering has been with humanity for longer than anyone can imagine. What is now becoming increasingly clear is that engineering new life forms will require more than mere manipulation of what we think we know about genes and the proteins they make. Life is never simple at any level from molecules to ecosystems. A…