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There is much evidence that public opinion on nanotechnology will be determined by religious beliefs

In Halo fiction short history of science, a group of Muslim scholars discuss a slice of bacon made by a "molecular assembler" means a device capable of producing meat directly from atoms Individual Instead of cutting the flesh of an animal. All pork is prohibited under the laws of Islam halal. Synthetic Bacon is identical to the real one, but it has never been part of a living pig. Is it still banned?

"The story may seem like a joke, but it shows that the ability of nanotechnology to manipulate atoms can change the material world, to raise religious issues," said Chris Toumey, a cultural anthropologist University of South Carolina, who has studied the relationship between nanotechnology and faith.

mainly secular voices that have expressed their thoughts and concerns about nanotechnology so far, but there is much evidence that public opinion will be determined by religious beliefs. For example, a 2009 study found that the strength of religious beliefs in the United States has a negative relationship with the financial support of nanotechnology. Study the same year found that the most religious country, unless nanotechnology tends to find morally acceptable.

far, religions have been remarkably silent on nanotechnology points outside Toumey. Nothing compared to the difficult bioethical controversies on IVF in the Catholic world, for example. "Nanotechnology is a diverse body of science and technology: some religious groups have enough universities or magazines to discuss such a complicated issue," said Toumey. "Your attention can be stopped if there is a dramatic, either positive, something like a cure against cancer, or negative, as an ecological catastrophe." The absence of official documents, it is difficult to guess the religious beliefs, but this is an opportunity for scientists to prepare in advance.

"I think there was a lot of concern about nanotechnology in religious thought, because if you look in detail the concerns that pose no nanotechnology per se, but rather specific applications, as well as food and the environment, "says Donald Bruce, founder of Edinethics consultancy based in Edinburgh, who worked for the Church of Scotland.

Toumey shared by many religions concern that nanotechnology will change the way of human nature. "Religious communities have responded to the representation of nanotechnology by a group of popular writers, called transhumanism," says Toumey.

Transhumanism is a cultural movement that considers the technology (including nano) of direct artificial human evolution, elimination of the disease, prolong life indefinitely, and use of information technology to reach cyberimmortality something storage as "the soul" of a person on a hard drive. One of its most famous advocates is the futurist Ray Kurzweil. Transhumanist ideas on the immortality of the soul and applies directly shared by most religions shock. "However, the identification of nanotechnology to the type of speakers transhumanist human enhancement is a mistake," said Bruce. A second common concern is the fear that nanotechnology can take control of individual life, creating effects on the environment, without the consent of the people, or providing tools for a better life for the rich. "These concerns echo the general concerns of the faithful towards technology in general," says Toumey. "Some of them can even be shared by non-religious people, but studies show that believers are louder in their discussion. " The language of God, the soul, the spirit and eternal life offers a range of metaphors, symbols, stories and figures of speech that are useful for navigating the ethical issues raised by the technology, according to studies .

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In an unstable political environment against the tactics of the police rise of aggression. As a football fan, I have seen first hand

leaders in Turkey do not expect the protests that engulfed the Turkish cities since last week. But maybe they should have done. Many column inches have been spent in recent days in the taxation of conservative cultural values ??and the lack of consultation on new laws. Less attention has been paid to how the heavy hand soccer police and other large public events matches sowed the seeds of resistance were orchestrated.

In Britain, football fans in Turkey are perhaps best known for his aggressive intimidation of rival supporters. "Welcome to hell!" banners frequently fans greet visitors arriving in Istanbul. However, the clubs big fans of the big teams in Turkey are also involved in many aspects of social life, supporting charities, coordination and policy statements in recent days, the swelling street protests.

Usually Istanbul is famous for the fierce tribal rivalry among their top three clubs: Be?ikta?, Fenerbah?e and Galatasaray. All three are great, but Fenerbah?e and Galatasaray claim most fans, titles and wealth. Be?ikta? are considered the

Halkin tak?m?

, "the team of the people" with the working class and the fans traditionally left, and segments of his supporters in the past have been more openly critical of the current ruling AKP party.

However, recent events have seen a remarkable solidarity among fans. Traditional enmities were put aside to fight the common enemy of the police. The opposing fans were arm in arm glimpsed in scenes that would have been unthinkable only a week ago.

distance from the central Taksim Square, most of the clashes between police and demonstrators took place in the Besiktas district, home to a group called Carsi, the group of fans club Besiktas football. There are less than a month, his followers fought against the police in the same area, where hard police tactics led to large-scale violence before the last league match of the season at home. Regular use of water cannons and tear gas have ensured that those who disagree with the government and its policies have continued to fuel his anger, and abundant practice in the mechanics of street protest.

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former finance minister and economist say that Egypt is in a serious condition such as foreign investment and the collapse of tourism

Egypt suffers from its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a former finance minister of the country and one of the leading economists have warned.

In terms of its devastating effects on Egypt's poor economic situation is the worst since the 1930s, Galal Amin, Professor of Economics at the American University in Cairo, and Samir Radwan, Minister of Finance in the months of 2011, the Egyptian uprising, said in separate interviews with the Guardian.

Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egypt has experienced a drastic decline in foreign investment and tourism revenues, followed by a 60% decline in foreign exchange reserves, a decrease of 3% growth and the rapid devaluation of the Egyptian pound. All this has led to a proliferation of food prices, unemployment balloons and shortages of fuel and cooking gas - leading to the worst crisis in Egypt, Amin said, "unequivocally, since the 30"

"Nobody cares about the poor today," said Amin. During the crises in the 1960s until the mid-70s and late 80s, Amin Radwan Egypt argued that the poor were variously absolute poverty is protected by government subsidies, foreign aid, relatively low unemployment, or remittances from expatriates in the Gulf. But now, one in four young Egyptians are unemployed, remittances are low, and there is a shortage of subsidized goods.

"We are talking about almost half of the population is in a state of poverty," said Radwan, a development economist. "Whether in absolute poverty or near-poor, which means that any shock [economic] as inflation will fall below the poverty line." Currently, 25.2% of Egyptians live below the poverty, with 23.7% just above hover, according to figures from the Egyptian government.

For most Egyptians, rising food prices are the most critical problem. Some products have doubled in price since last fall - a disaster for a quarter of families already spend 50% of their income on food

For Hoda Goma, an architect of Cairo, the situation takes a toll on her two children eight years. "They get worse in school," he said. "They are sick more often. Han these black spots before his eyes and his teeth got worse. "

corresponds to your diet, explained Goma. You can not afford to feed them what they need. For six months he spent half of his salary on food. Now he says he is closer to four-fifths - not because they earn less, but because rising food prices show no sign of slowing down

"Prices are on fire," said the trader Walid Ali. Last week, Ali buy a kilo of mandarins by four Egyptian pounds - 40 British pence - wholesalers and sell them for six (60 pence). "Now, I buy and sell six to eight."

As a result, consumers are either buying less, or not buy at all. "It is impossible," said Ali. "I lost half of my clients. People can not afford to buy food." On the market of two floors in the center of Cairo, the top floor is completely empty. Neighbors said they all stall holders at the highest level had been forced to close in recent months.

inflated food prices are not a new phenomenon in a country that is the world's largest wheat importer, where the population has grown much faster than production, and where nearly half the Production is rotting in the heat on the way to market. But the recent inflation rate increased significantly by the dire economic situation in Egypt.

more problematic, the value of the Egyptian pound fell 12% against the dollar since December. For two years, the Central Bank of Egypt had used its foreign exchange reserves to stop the fall - but the reserves have fallen by 60% since 2011, the bank had to abandon the tactic of last winter. As a result, the value of the pound has dropped this year more quickly. In turn, it has become much more expensive to import foreign products - catastrophic for a country to purchase 60% of its wheat, and whose farmers also often rely on food fertilizer, fuel and imported animals

"They have a major crisis on their hands," said the EU envoy to Egypt, James Moran, who noted that foreign reserves in Egypt have fallen $ 36 billion (€ 24 billion) three years ago to $ 14.4 billion months past "It gives coverage of imports of less than three months -. and an economy dependent on imports, which is very dangerous."

"We are suffering," said Ali Eissa, chairman of Nahdet Misr, a farm that grows potatoes and oranges on 3,000 hectares throughout Egypt. "He touched the majority of fertilizers, machinery, tractors. - All prices increased dramatically,"

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radical changes to legal aid could mean being represented by the same company that prisons

Imagine the following scenario: you're at a gathering of thousands of people about something you believe in the force - against the government to go to war, for example, or against a massive increase tuition, or because the cuts you and many know in a precarious situation disappeared. You do not know what the exact path is, perhaps, but he met the other starting point and follow the crowd. Someone along the road through a small card with the details of law firms specializing in cases of protest. You think, "I do not need that, I do not go into something confrontation", but I put the card in my pocket anyway.

few hours later, after being surrounded the crowd, charging police horses. You are at the front, fear and anger. You scream and you pushed a police officer. A few hours later, people in the boiler are released in a row, you are arrested and taken to the police station. Asked about a lawyer, you remember the card in your pocket and dial the number. Later, accused of a serious public order crime, it is recommended by your lawyer, based on evidence, plead "not guilty." After a trial that was unanimously acquitted by the jury and free, so little disoriented and irritated by the experience, to get on with his life.

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as the "war against drugs", trying to regulate 3D printing can be an invitation to disaster, however honorable intentions

On the Internet, things escalate fast - very fast. It starts with the plans of the first "full" 3D Printer gun (not quite complete: neither bullets nor hammer printable).

Cody Wilson, who designed the prototype drawings published online for anyone to download. After two days, and 100,000 downloads, the State Department ordered the killing.

plans explained in violation of United States controls on arms exports. The problem is not Americans have downloaded the plans, but the risk sanctioned groups somewhat abstract, or those affected by export bans discharge of weapons plans and printing.

The result of these good intentions certainly was predictable: it had exactly the opposite effect of what the State Department wanted. There is a famous Internet phenomenon - the Streisand effect - that, in short, says that there is no better way to promote an image, a story or upload to the Internet ban

news readers on the project soared, research has soared, the same models are already in use on the network file sharing Pirate Bay, including peer-to-peer and sites.

This is a very early - and ultimately, probably insignificant - cock-up in what could easily sink into a prolonged war online. Few people have 3D printers, and today it is not the best way to control illegal weapons. The design itself is supposed to be a "Saturday Night Special", perhaps a weapon dangerous to the user that the person concerned.

lawyer Barbara Hewson denounces "persecution of the old." She is not the only criticism of the law who should know better

following revelations Rochdale Jimmy Savile and has not been another famous from the list of defendants name, but an attempt to reject an obvious turning like a little moral panic. Lawyer Barbara Hewson writes sharp magazine operation Yewtree announced by most as a clear case of success for a long time, in fact participate in "the persecution of the old." It makes sense, if you believe as (as Hewson apparently) nothing less than "flogging and rape in padded rooms" is not a "very serious assault."

But perhaps the most disturbing part of the article Hewson concluded that the priority should be to simply reduce the age of consent. Yewtree Having concluded that most victims of Savile were in the 13-16 age group, it is perverse, and not backed up with any mention of the fact that children of this age have sufficient capacity to consent - all the principle of the law in the first place. As such, the amounts to your suggestion nothing more than a large and very ugly carpet to sweep the problem -. In addition to being surprisingly harsh to victims who came to speak to us about the long-term impact of violence

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not going to usher in an era of widespread possession of a weapon, but it illustrates the impact that these printers have in our lives

first weapon in the world, almost entirely with a 3D printer has exploded in the U.S. successfully. But it will not usher in an era of widespread possession of a weapon, and certainly no evidence that the 3D printing technology should be monitored by our security.

gun - called the "liberator" and produced by the Defense distributed a group described as the goal to "defend civil liberties popular access to weapons" to "information and knowledge relating to 3D printing arm "- is the second that has hit the headlines over the past year In July, an American gunsmith prints the lower receiver for an AR-15, a type of modular assault rifle popular among. . amateurs Although not being able to take only one component is legally considered a firearm in the United States, so that the rest of the gun - the barrel, trigger, cartridges and other - you can buy without a license

The Liberator is a more serious problem. All necessary parts can be printed on a 3D printer striker except metal, which is made of a single nail. (To comply with the laws of the United States, the pistol as product also includes a portion of 175 g of steel inside, so no metal detectors bypasses). It is a weapon all the way, and so recognizable.