Ars Synthetica, led by Paul Rabinow, has received an NSF informal science communication grant for $75,000 to develop multiple means for exploring bioethics, biosecurity, and how cutting-edge bioscience is organized, governed, and funded. Ars Synthetica is a web-based multimedia forum for engaging specialists and non-specialists in an informed, ethical, and democratic dialogue on the emerging field of synthetic biology. The project aims to connect synthetic biology’s technical goals and practices with broader community goals, while moving beyond traditional modes of “bringing the truth to the people” toward a real-time conversation between experts and non-experts about how research really ought to work.  For more info, go to http://www.ars-synthetica.net