Extract your own DNA

Part of what makes science so cool is the fact that much of it is so weird. The Guardian Unlimited (UK) has published an article about a "List of 100 things to do before you die" as suggested by a group of scientists. Among the more bizarre ones was this gross, but cool item:

Extract your own DNA by spitting gargled salt water into diluted washing-up liquid and slowly dribbling ice-cold gin down the side of the glass. Spindly white clumps which form in the mixture are, basically, you

Another cool item claims that Manchester researchers are testing foot-pads that would allow you to climb buildings like Spider Man. Rock on.

The article:
Guardian Unlimited: Turn yourself into a diamond: tips from science on a good life, and death