Episode

How UW scientists built an archiving technology as old as life itself

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Soundside

Published

Jul 8, 2026

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771

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Summary

On July 4, a time capsule was buried in Philadelphia to mark the U.S.’s 250th anniversary. Among the items inside was a small metal vial that holds synthetic DNA encoded with major documents from the Library of Congress, as well as instructions to decode the DNA and access the information.