What does it mean for researchers, journalists and the public when secrecy surrounds science?

Did you hear about the secret meeting earlier this month at Harvard Medical School? The one where scientists schemed to create a parentless human being from scratch? Maybe you read one of the skeptical news articles, or the stories illustrated with images from the dystopian sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" or of a robot Frankenstein. One blogger compared the meeting to a gathering of "Bond villains."

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