Vaccines work by tricking the body into remembering an illness you never had. Do you know any other ways where science has allowed humans to take control over nature?

Answer:
One of the earliest uses of genetic engineering was to mass-produce human insulin in bacteria. This application has now been applied to human growth hormones, follicle-stimulating hormones (for treating infertility), human albumin, monoclonal antibodies, antihemophilic factors, vaccines and many other drugs.