Storing information in DNA is nothing new: life has been doing it for as long as life has existed. The molecule looks like a twisting ladder, whose rungs are made from four building blocks, denoted by the letters A, C, G, and T. The sequence of these letters encodes the instructions for building every living … Continued

Oliver Moody, Science Correspondent October 9 2017, 12:01am, The Times   Douglas Terrier, Nasa’s acting chief technologist, said that the organisation was investigating drugs that might repair the damage to DNA, and was open to the possibility of tweaking genetic activity or altering genes. Speaking to The Times before his appearance at a Codex innovation summit in London, … Continued

A diamond’s past is rarely crystal clear. Everledger uses blockchain technologies to track features such as cut and quality, and weed out diamonds from war zones. Using 40 different features, Everledger gives each diamond a unique digital ID, which can be traced from mine to ring. Over a million diamonds have been digitised so far. … Continued

A new space economy: The business case to dream A new space age is emerging. Over 50 venture capital firms invested in space in 2015, putting more VC dollars in to the sector in that year alone, than in the prior 15 years combined. Rapidly falling costs are lowering the barriers to participate in the … Continued

Unlocking the secrets within our genetic code has given birth to the biological revolution which we are fortunate to be witnessing. From an investment by an international consortium of around $3 billion and 10 years to sequence the first whole human genome to today – when it can be done for under $500 and in … Continued