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Synthetic Genomic's Craig Venter says “synthetic life forms” by the end of the year; biofuels nano-reactors on the horizon?

There is a growing consensus (at least in Silicon Valley) that the information age is about to give way to the era of synthetic genetics.

WASHINGTON — NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use.

New "Impossible" Planet May Be on a Death Spiral

Gene 'Fix' in Egg Prevents Inherited Diseases in Monkeys