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

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Podcast: [Soundside](https://stenobird.com/podcast/soundside-4634392)
Published: 2026-07-08T21:51:59+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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