Genetic technologies have the potential to help solve the ever-growing challenges of food insecurity and global health. But for this potential to be met, regulations that hinder scientific innovation ...

On 24 February 1975, some 150 people met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds near Monterey on the Californian coast. They were mostly scientists from the United States, together with ...

In 1975, researchers met to discuss the emerging field of biotechnology. The issues surrounding the field today are familiar.

In February 1975, an elite group of scientists, policymakers, and journalists assembled for the now-famous Asilomar meeting in Pacific Grove, Calif., to discuss what they knew and didn't know about ...

Middles: A peak in the middle of Asilomar Beach; 3. Reef: A lefthander on the south end of Asilomar that is good up to about eight-feet, and then a bowling right after that. This place can be epic ...

There once was a feeling in society--an "awe" if you will--that science was nearly perfect and would make everything okay: If there is a problem, don't worry, science can come up with the answer.

An international biotech summit at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove is celebrating its 50th anniversary. "We are all children from farmworkers from the Salinas Valley. Part of the ...

Fifty years ago today, scientists met to set safety limits on the new field of genetic engineering. This week researchers meet again to discuss big questions as biotechnology grows more powerful.

A new and seemingly more impressive artificial-intelligence (AI) tool is released almost weekly, and researchers are flocking to try them out. To guide anyone who might be feeling unsure about ...

PART OF THE GLOBAL FOOD CHAIN. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. " THIS PERFORMANCE IS PART OF A BIOTECH CONFERENCE IN PACIFIC GROVE CALLED THE "SPIRIT OF ASILOMAR AND THE FUTURE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY" SUMMIT. THE ...