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What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid?

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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The Future of Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology has rewards and risks. If things go well, what sort of benefits might we be enjoying by say 2040 or 2050? Cancer vaccines are absolutely possible. Do immune diseases, diseases that have been very difficult to treat? I don't know of an example where humans have decided not to use a technology that's available to them.

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