As the equipment becomes cheaper and the expertise in gene-editing techniques, mostly Crispr-Cas9, more widely shared, citizen-scientists are attempting to re-engineer DNA in surprising ways.
Yet, whatever the outcome of these elections, this should not distract each one of us from going back to work to not only defend Europe but also to transform it into a shared, citizen-driven project capable of addressing pan-European problems and being better comprehended by its citizens.
Soon after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on Friday, the volunteer bloggers for Global Voices in East Asia put together special coverage of the devastation, sharing citizen videos and translating posts on Twitter, including calls for help from people stranded on the upper floors of buildings.
MySpace members can share citizen produced content with the MySpace community, as well as have the chance to be featured on FOX News.
On Monday Guardian Australia revealed that the Defence Signals Directorate – now the Australian Signals Directorate – had offered to share citizens' personal data in a 2009 meeting.
FOR many years Britain's tiny band of civil libertarians have been trying to alert their countrymen to the danger of proliferating government databases, which allow bureaucrats to share citizens' information among themselves with the minimum of fuss.
In areas where there is a clear sense of a shared project, citizens may demand radical openness in data.
We can offer, or require, information to be shared with citizens, such as on financial products or food labelling, so individuals can make more informed decisions.
However, the definition of 'good' performance held by police was not shared by citizens.
In the Arabian Gulf States, energy resources are considered a public good, in which export revenues are shared with citizens through benefits, such as subsidies [7].
