Data Storage on DNA Can Keep It Safe for Centuries

From left, Luis Ceze, one of the designers of the new DNA storage system; Douglas Carmean, a designer of computers at Microsoft; and Karin Strauss, a Microsoft computer architect, at the University of Washington in Seattle. CreditDavid Ryder for The New York Times

SEATTLE — Computer data has been depicted as microscopic magnetic smudges, electric charges and even Lilliputian patterns of dots that reflect laser beams. It may ultimately move into the fabric of life itself — encoded in the organic molecules that are strung together like pearls to form strands of DNA.

2-Ingredient Colon Cleansing Mixture to Flush POUNDS of Waste From Your Waistline and Body

Our intestines process 100 tons of food and 40 000 liters of fluid for a period of 70 years. This means that about 15 pounds of fecal deposits and toxic waste accumulate in the stomach, and they contaminate our blood and cause irreparable damage to the body.

Parents May Pass Down More Than Just Genes, Study Suggests

Scientists are investigating the epigenetics of fatherhood: how a man’s experiences can alter his sperm, and whether those changes in turn may alter his children.

In 2013, an obese man went to Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark to have his stomach stapled. All in all, it was ordinary bariatric surgery — with one big exception.

A week before the operation, the man provided a sperm sample to Danish scientists. A week after the procedure, he did so again. A year later, he donated a third sample.