DNA Icon "DNA Icon" is a representation of how science has become the new 'religion' of our post-post-industrial culture. The DNA double helix both represents our achievements in teasing out the details of the building blocks of life and warns of our hubris in thinking that we now have the tools to safely change or create new forms. The deteriorating test tubes of colours and broken shards of glass point to the potential outcome of those experiments and the unknown outcomes that can bring unexpected new disasters even while we expect new miracles.