Character study
Luigi Guarino
Do you work in a national genebanks? If so, you might want to take a survey on your “molecular characterisation capacity, infrastructure, policy environment, and interest in future DSI collaboration with CGIAR.”
biotechnology
Global adoption of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome–resistant pigs will have significant economic and market impacts
Jayson Lusk
That’s the title of a new article I’ve published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research. A couple months ago, the FDA approved the use of genetic engineering to gene edit pigs to make them resistant to a disease that has ravaged the industry for decades: porcine reproductive and...
Innovation in Gene Editing and Plant Breeding
Jayson Lusk
Yesterday I had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion focused on gene editing hosted by the Farm Foundation. The main speakers included:Allen Van Deynze, Ph. D., Director, Seed Biotechnology Center and Associate Director, Plant Breeding Center, University of California, DavisRichard...
Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
Andrew Maynard
I’m thrilled that my new book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (Mango Publishing) is now available! From the listing: Learn how movies reveal the future of technology Fans of The Science of Interstellar, The Second Machine Age, and Physics of the Future will love...
What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and why should you care?
Andrew Maynard
We have a new video up on the YouTube Risk Bites channel that asks what the fourth industrial revolution is, and looks at the technological trends underpinning it. If you’ve ever wondered what the fourth industrial revolution is, why it’s so important, what whatever happened to the previous three,...