On genomic literacy
The age-old story of Watson and Crick discovering the double helix that eventually came to be referred to as DNA is just that now—old. DNA is a term that gets tossed around now with the frequency that Lady Gaga changes her hairstyle. There’s an online news service called DNAinfo, an ongoing (and often misinformed) debate over genetically-modified crops, and an increasing awareness of hereditary traits and medical conditions (see Angelina Jolie’s virally shared New York Times