De Extinction and the Future of Gene Editing
Matt Ridley
Ten years ago, I invited a bunch of clever biologists to my home to discuss the possibility of one day reversing the extinction of a bird called the Great Auk. We did not claim it could yet be done but we knew that the two technologies for doing de-extinction – ancient genome sequencing and Crispr […]
Rational Optimist Substack Account
Matt Ridley
Together with Stephen McBride, founder of the Rational Optimist Society, I have set up an account at Substack called the Rational Optimist. I encourage all readers of this blog to subscribe – initially for free – to that account: https://rationaloptimistsociety.substack.com. Stephen and I will be posting there regularly from now on.
