Weaving Gold from Straw
It is a dream--or nightmare--that goes back in human fantasy as long as stories have been told: to transmute matter on a whim, to tap into the alchemy of the creativity of God. What if our dreams were realized? Suddenly, anything our minds could conceive (for good or for ill) we would create, one atom at a time, from raw nature and from living flesh. How would we use this power, this act of creation, this Midas touch?