The day is not far off when we will be able to send a robotically controlled genome-sequencing unit in a probe to other planets to read the DNA sequence of any alien microbe life that may be there.

The day is not far off when we will be able to send a robotically controlled genome-sequencing unit in a probe to other planets to read the DNA sequence of any alien microbe life that may be there.

I am confident that life once thrived on Mars and may well still exist there today.

I am confident that life once thrived on Mars and may well still exist there today.

I am confident that life once thrived on Mars and may well still exist there today.

Your age is your No. 1 risk factor for almost every disease, but it's not a disease itself.

Your age is your No. 1 risk factor for almost every disease, but it's not a disease itself.

Your age is your No. 1 risk factor for almost every disease, but it's not a disease itself.

Human lifespan used to be 30 years, 25 years. But there's no basic, fundamental reason why it has to be short.

Human lifespan used to be 30 years, 25 years. But there's no basic, fundamental reason why it has to be short.

Human lifespan used to be 30 years, 25 years. But there's no basic, fundamental reason why it has to be short.

Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of getting breast cancer. Turns out all women that have these genetic changes don't get breast cancer.

Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of getting breast cancer. Turns out all women that have these genetic changes don't get breast cancer.

Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of getting breast cancer. Turns out all women that have these genetic changes don't get breast cancer.

For each gene in your genome, you quite often get a different version of that gene from your father and a different version from your mother. We need to study these relationships across a very large number of people.

For each gene in your genome, you quite often get a different version of that gene from your father and a different version from your mother. We need to study these relationships across a very large number of people.

For each gene in your genome, you quite often get a different version of that gene from your father and a different version from your mother. We need to study these relationships across a very large number of people.

If you have lung cancer, the most important thing you can know is your genetic code.

If you have lung cancer, the most important thing you can know is your genetic code.

If you have lung cancer, the most important thing you can know is your genetic code.

There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after.

There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after.

There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after.

I spent 10 years trying to find one gene.