Bioethics

The Virtue of Repugnance Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal. "As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul," says bioethicist Leon Kass.  "Repugnance is some kind of wake-up call that there is something untoward going on and attention must be paid."

More from the Start-up Nation Karin Kloosterman, ISRAEL21C. We need disease-resistant plants, but genetically modifying them is dangerous.  Now, an Israeli biotech company has a treatment that protects plants while leaving them genetically intact.