Salvage (Upsideclown)
A tale of the Fermi paradox featuring data preservation via tardigrade as a means of transmitting information beyond the great filter.
A tale of the Fermi paradox featuring data preservation via tardigrade as a means of transmitting information beyond the great filter.
An interesting approach to digital preservation: storing digital video in the DNA of bacteria.
It’s still many years away from being a viable storage option, but here’s the latest on using DNA to back up our collective data.
Magnetic tape may survive a few decades, and DVDs even longer, but they are by no means immortal. Data stored in DNA, provided it’s kept cold and dry, could last for thousands of years.
Ant told us this harrowing story in the office two weeks ago. I honestly can’t imagine what it would be like to be in this situation.
Brilliant little magnetic cuddly nucleobases from Jun. You get all four bases to combine to your heart’s content: cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine — take that, Pokémon.
With magnetic hydrogen bonds!
A write-up of the "Wearable DNA" hack from Science Hack Day SF.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the Bad Science blog deserves a medal.