Where to begin? - What genes are series

Where to begin?
When you start to think about scientific topic, it is very hard to know where to begin.
Bio-technology is a very broad subject, and if we where at school, we would start by learning basic biology and chemistry. However, this is not the purpose of this website.
So I think that we will skip the basics in biochemistry, and jump right to the most amazing discovery in the history of science - Our genes.

Biology as information science.
Instead of trying to define what life is and what genes are, and how we can make technology out of it, I'll jump right into the water and write a series, trying to explain why life is all about information, what genes are and how they work. I m sure that all of you already heard that we are build of cells, that we have genes that can be inherited, you might even heard something about DNA, RNA and other strange words like that.

The series will include the following:

1. The acids in the nucleus.
This part will discuss the basic (very basic, I promise) chemistry of data storage in our cells.

2. The assembly lines of biotech
We will see how nature invented the assembly lines and how it is use to make the coded information in our genes, becoming alive.

3. Information and us
We will talk about living creatures as information and how information can do all these staff.

4. Nanotechnology – a very old story
Here we will talk about the only real nanotechnology known today, the way it works, and what the connection to life.