http://standpointmag.co.uk/taxonomy/term/110 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://standpointmag.co.uk/cosmos-july-10-life-synthia-neil-scolding-life-creation-craig-venter <p><b>Author:</b>Neil Scolding</p><p style="text-align: justify" align="justify">Scientists playing God. Again. How many times has this most hackneyed of headlines been used? Since Darwin? Or Linnaeus, the &quot;second Adam&quot;, and who after all called his followers &quot;apostles&quot; — though there weren't many newspapers in the 18th century. Now they're at it once more, those scientists and those headline writers, scientists playing God again. (Now if it were the sports pages, and this were a cricket match...)</p><p style="text-align: justify" align="justify"><br />Synthia's DNA — or should that be Lazarus's? </p><p style="text-align: justify" align="justify">Craig Venter, genetic entrepreneur and A-list science celeb, has &quot;created a new life form&quot;. &quot;God II&quot; proclaimed one broadsheet in an unhappy variant of our favourite headline. So what's it about this time?</p><p><a href="http://standpointmag.co.uk/cosmos-july-10-life-synthia-neil-scolding-life-creation-craig-venter"><span>read more</span></a></p> http://standpointmag.co.uk/cosmos-july-10-life-synthia-neil-scolding-life-creation-craig-venter#comments Craig Venter Creation of life DNA Science Technology Cosmos Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:37:00 +0100 Frances Weaver 3177 at http://standpointmag.co.uk