Babbage: The baby crisperer

Babbage from The Economist

English - November 28, 2018 17:00 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 398 ratings
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A Chinese scientist has claimed to have edited the genomes of two babies using the revolutionary genome-editing technique called CRISPR-Cas9. Also, how the production of semiconductors is becoming a new battlefield. And Kenneth Cukier asks the author, technology executive and investor Elad Gil what it takes for a startup to become a technology giant.

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