Letters

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"Liberation biology" indeed. Your otherwise excellent Technology quarterly on bioengi-neering was marred by its concluding section (April 6th). Small groups using gene splicing and artificial intelligence will not only be able to make catnip-flavoured roses and bring back long-lost species, they also will be able to make more contagious anthrax and plague bacteria and revive smallpox and polio. The technology is so relatively inexpensive that small countries and even wealthy individuals and criminals will be able to afford it. Perhaps you could write a follow-up on why new technologies are invariably greeted with quasi-religious adoration by journalists.