Your DNA Breaks Thousands of Times a Day. Here’s Why You’re Still Alive
Here’s something you probably didn’t learn in biology class: your DNA is being damaged right now. Not occasionally, not under extreme circumstances, but constantly. Across basically every cell in your body, thousands of times a day. Your DNA being damaged is more common and more “voluntary” than blinking or breathing. And yet here you are. Fully intact. Which is actually the interesting part. The Problem With Being Alive Your DNA has a lot of enemies, and the most surprising ones…