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Patrick James
Writer / Former GOOD Managing Editor

April 25, 2007 • 1:45 pm PDT
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When reactionary thinking begins to mar and censor scientific pursuits, then ignorance trumps reason and we all suffer for it. That in mind, Wired writer Jennifer Granick explores recent goings on at the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, which could have serious implications regarding the publication of life science research and the ever-darkening cloud of fear that seems to guide our nation's policy making.

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