You know the problem with lasers? They’re far too cool and exciting. For years science fiction has been showing us that lasers can do everything from shooting at aliens to shrinking our vaginae (that one came true). Finally, someone has made lasers boring. Effective, yes, but definitely a snore. That someone is dentists. Apparently, bacteria [...]
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid! It’s not just for Nature anymore, thanks to Japan. Chemists there have recently stitched together the first viable artificial DNA strand. Normally, DNA uses the same four bases (A, T, C, G) to construct a variety of organic material, from everything to everything else. Never one to be outdone by the limitations of [...]
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