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CRISPR, the technology that allows super precise editing of DNA. It's going to have amazing effects.

I think quantum mechanics, a world that is completely alien to the world we experience in our daily lives.

Wow! I don't know how you got that impression (you did say it was all in your head). Natasha is a fantastic person, I loved working with her. She was funny, smart, and could swear like a trouper.

I invented a frisbee game in my backyard, and I'm the only one who has ever played it. Therefore, I hold all the records. I play the violin in a band. I love cooking.

No, I wouldn't say the planet is too far gone. And I think that you make a good point when you say, "Should our efforts not be concentrated on reparation of our home?" However, some of those who are most vocal about going to Mars, like Stephen Hawking, think that's our best hope––to get off the planet. Whether we could ever alter Mars to make it more like Earth is an open question. It's called terraforming, and many scientists think it could be done.