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Religious reactions to new technologies

Chris Toumey explores the way in which reactions to nanotechnology from different religious denominations can be translated to other emerging technologies.

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Toumey, C. Religious reactions to new technologies. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 5–6 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0615-7

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