links for 2010-01-08

Bravo. Each item full of meaning – what the describe, what hasn't changed, what they forebode. But the kicker is the B Dalton executive, full of passion but out of a job – the bookseller is gone, despite his belief in "inevitability."

Nothing new, but all in one place, I suppose. "The emergence of synthetic biology, and off-shoots such as DIYbio, make the need for a rigorous, sustained and mature approach for assessing, and preparing for, the broad range of associated dangers and risks all the more pressing."