Embed Notice

How strange this is. I was born in the year that the first humans - who were, not incidentally, citizens of the U.S., landed on the moon. My parents had jobs in academia and research, which had received great boosts during the Space Race. I was brought up in the tradition that science, while a two-edged tool, was a strong route to develop society if used well. One parent’s work was in health science research - a minor role, but part of what I saw as the great human enterprise of progress.