Well, the kids are amazing. We never saw this coming. It has to be one of the Top Ten Events of 2009.
A month or so ago DIYbio was founded. DIY stands for Do Your Own. And bio stands for - - yes! Biology.
Why should biology be limited to labs in colleges and corporations? And why should only professionals and professors be engaged in biology?
That's why Mac Cowell and his co-founder are advocating for citizen labs, on behalf of amateur biologists.
Immediately grown ups started worrying of course. Muttering something about teenagers creating contagious diseases, or blowing up something. NineShift of course is all for DIYbio, and whatever cures, inventions, and good it will bring in the coming century. Photo: Mac Cowell, co-founder of DIYbio.
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