The Story of DNA
A twisted ladder holding the instructions for every living thing, and a fairly messy race between scientists to be the one who described it first.
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Some of the topics covered in this episode
- The race between scientists to unlock DNA's structure
- How the double helix was finally visualized
- The elegant pairing of four nucleotide bases
- What DNA actually does inside our cells
- The moment biology changed forever
- How genetic information is stored and copied
- The beautiful simplicity hidden in complexity
Let a twisted ladder holding the instructions for every living thing be tonight's quiet company as your eyes fall shut. Close your eyes now, and may you drift into a deep, peaceful sleep.