What’s a strand of DNA but data? We often think of its units, the As, Cs, Ts, and Gs, as letters of the words in an instruction manual. But what if, instead, we think of them as biological computer ...

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DNA encodes what is arguably the most important data in existence: the instructions for life. But researchers recently found a way to store something way cooler in our genetic code. On Wednesday, ...

Is there a movie you love enough to have an image from it tattooed onto your body? Soon you may be able to go one step further and have the entirety of one of its scenes spliced into your DNA. After ...

Imagine being able to store your digital files, such as photographs and movies, directly into living cells. Sounds crazy? This is exactly what a team of biologists in Harvard is trying to accomplish ...