Biopunks Tinker With The Building Blocks Of Life
May 23, 2011
The word “biotechnology” conjures up white coats and elaborate glassware, big sterile labs and expensive equipment. But there’s a group of amateur scientists that believes it shouldn’t be that way — that anyone with the ability and a few spare parts can start tinkering with the building blocks of life. They call themselves biopunks, or biohackers. (NPR)
