From the “truth is stranger than fiction” department: According to this article from the science journal “Nature” scientists have created a semi-synthetic living organism with DNA containing six base pair nucleotides rather than the (until now) universal four.
The implications are beyond my ability to imagine, but should have far-reaching implications.
Supersize my DNA!
Now we have to decide what letters to use for the new nucleotides, and that could be the hardest decision of all…