January 24, 2013 | Jasmine

Martin Luther King had a dream, but I bet he never dreamed his famous speech would be stored inside synthetic DNA. Researchers in the UK have used DNA created in a laboratory to store audio speeches and Shakespeare’s sonnets.

Although it’s expensive to achieve, a measly 41 grams of DNA can store the same amount of data as 2 million DVDs and last for millennia in cold, dark conditions with no electricity. I always thought nature knew best!

This research appears in the 23 January 2013 issue of the journal Nature.