—Theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson on the Venter synthetic biology paper in Science, quoted in Edge.org.
—Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University philosopher on the Venter synthetic biology paper in Science, quoted in Edge.org.
—In “The Tears of Strangers Are Only Water,” a Big Think blog post by David Berreby about research probing the physiology of empathy.
—David Willetts in his first press briefing as the UK’s new Conservative minister for universities and science.
—Birdlife International’s Leon Bennun on the recent extinction of Madagascar’s Alaotra grebe.
—Nobel Prize winning biologist Sydney Brenner, in My Life in Science.
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