Eight-letter DNA uses hydrogen bonds just like natural DNA to link its two new pairs—S with B and P with Z—and the bases can appear next to each other.
https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/24/scientists-just-added-four-new-letters-to-the-genetic-code/
* added four new bases
* bacteria to use this code
* stable regardless of the sequence
* new amino acids
* admitted to Wired
* long-term data storage
* reliant on supplies of lab-created building blocks
* life beyond Earth
* told CNN
* search for extraterrestrial life