The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV and genetic diseases, as well as help eradicate some of the world's deadliest pathogens. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences - to say nothing ...
This century will permit us the first opportunities to study biology beyond Earth; biology as we don’t yet know it, and biology that we have exported off the surface of our planet. The technologies needed for discovering biology beyond Earth are different, depending on whether you are searching for microbes or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Nicky Case’s presentations are as ingenious, compelling, and graphically rich as the visualizing tools and games he creates for understanding complex dynamic systems.He writes: “We need to see the non-linear feedback loops between culture, economics, and technology. Not only that, but we need to see how collective behavior emerges from ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free for members
