What’s a strand of DNA but data? We often think of its units ... on which the gene editing system CRISPR is based to write an animated GIF, pixel by pixel, into a population of bacteria.

Harvard researchers used the CRISPR gene-editing system to insert this GIF of a galloping horse and rider into the DNA of living bacteria ... to insert a short animated image, or GIF, into ...

The human body is a remarkably complex machine, so it would make sense that it houses an abundance of DNA – the blueprints that help guide the body's growth and repair. But how much DNA do our ...