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George Speaks His Mind

Oct 04, 2007

Over at TWiT TV, Marc Pelletier hosts the first of a two-part discussion with Harvard's George Church. The podcast runs about an hour and focuses on "extreme biotech," as the website describes. Normally we'd scoff, but GTO knows from experience that any conversation with George is enough to make the mind race.

 

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