Our Man Craig is in the news again. Not content with having his personal DNA serve as the primary data set for the human genome project, he's moving on to greener pastures.

First up, a book: "I will do a detailed examination of my genetic code and use that as a basis of writing my book on genomics," he said." (I'm wracking my brain for a sufficiently caustic comment. Check back later.)

Project 2: Save The World. As described in the New York Times article ~

His energy institute is centered on a group of ancient microbes, archea, which inhabit the deepest parts of the earth and ocean. The archea do not infect humans, making them safer to manipulate. Dr. Venter said he hoped that they could be genetically engineered to suck out carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, relieving the threat of greenhouse warming, and to convert the gas into hydrogen, a source of nonpolluting energy.

And number 3, my very favorite, an institute to study issues of science policy like the genetic basis of race and stem cell research. Nothing controversial there, no sir!

Actually, all kidding aside, I've got to admit to a grudging admiration for Mr. Towering Ego. Having just been forced out of Celera, he's not crying ~ just cashing in his chips and moving on to some pretty ambitious new stuff.

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