Newt waxes about nanotech again

The man, who at one time wanted to cut federal spending to the bone, now advocates increased government funding for the full range of nano-related activities, from quantum-mechanics education in grade school to doubling the National Science Foundation budget.

Terrorism is the area of nanotechnology that both excites and worries Gingrich the most. "Engineered viruses present the greatest threat to the human race," he said, stating that global thermonuclear war wouldn't kill as many people as a nano-engineered virus, specifically designed to infect as many people as rapidly as possible.