This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. If you took a glance ... and rearrange the DNA of nearly any living organism, including us. In the past three years ...

What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage.

Genes exist in most cells. Inside a cell is a long strand of the chemical DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). A DNA sequence is a specific lineup of chemical base pairs along its strand. The part of DNA ...

DNA has identified this regal beauty as Amenhotep ... Kenneth Garrett has photographed 15 stories on Egypt for the magazine and collaborated with Zahi Hawass on six books.