0. Sophisticated manipulation of nanotubes. 1. Metamaterials (discovered in the 40s, but only confirmed in the late 90s). 2. Weird properties of DNA. Your DNA

0. Sophisticated manipulation of nanotubes. 1. Metamaterials (discovered in the 40s, but only confirmed in the late 90s). 2. Weird properties of DNA. Your DNA, for example, contains encodings of many of the viruses you are immune to; in certain cases they might even "spontaneously generate".