[blazespin]

I've often thought that if we ever decide to send nano spaceships filled with engineered DNA to populate other planets like spores we should include human knowledge in the DNA so when the spores turn into an advanced civilization they could read the DNA and learn about their progenitors.

[catbird]

Sounds like the plot to a scifi novel: Scientists discover that so-called junk DNA contains physics equations, along with what appears to be coordinates to a distant star system with an Earthlike planet.

[abecedarius]

https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/sftriple/gpic.html

[catbird]

Oh well, there is nothing new under the sun.

[elorant]

Take my money.

[dsp1234]

Star Trek:TNG did an episode that is basically this[0][1].

[0] - http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chase_(episode)

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next...

[jawarner]

Pretty cool if there were a SETI equivalent for this on our own DNA.