Genomena

While often confused in the popular press, science and technology are distinct concepts. The former, loosely speaking, is our systematic quest for understanding of the world; the latter, the development of tools for gaining that understanding (as well as other aims).  Geneticists rely heavily on sophisticated technology to learn about genomes and the organisms that carry them.  The technology used to sequence DNA — that is, to precisely deduce the series of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts in a given genome — is changing particularly quickly these days.