Someone has converted COVID-19’s DNA sequence into music. Here’s what the disease sounds like.

March 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments

COVID-19’s DNA sequence has been distributed to researchers around the planet in an effort to come up with a vaccine for the disease. But that’s apparently not the only way this DNA is being used.

A performance artist named Shardcore (Slogan: “Making art beyond good and evil”) took that information and converted into music. Here’s a sample of what COVID-19 sounds like.

If you want more, the full sequence requires two hours to play out. Enjoy–I guess.

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