The very term 'genetic engineering' implies high precision in the alterations made to genes and deep understanding of their consequences, writes Jonathan Latham. In fact, we have never had either. And even with the arrival of CRISPR and other 'gene editing' systems, that remains the case: technologists are thrashing about in a perilous sea of unfathomable complexities and unknowable outcomes.
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Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration
Belo Monte dam marks a troubling new era in Brazil's attitude to its rainforest Karen Hoffmann | 15th August 2011 News Rainforest Brazil Mining Hydropower Water Energy amazon.jpg When completed, the …