Wild: Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal “˜Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included

Wired – The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military’s advantage, creating “synthetic organisms” that can live forever “” or can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch. As part of its budget for the next year, Darpa is investing $6 million into a project called BioDesign, with the goal of eliminating “the randomness of natural evolutionary advancement.” Read Article

Ed. – People are starving in the world – there are millions homeless – and heaps of natural disasters – health – worthy causes – and the American military is going to spend money on something that is well-nigh impossible?

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