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Is Mother Nature's ultimate storage device the future of digital music?

Which Two Songs Are the First to Be Encoded Into the Fabric of Life?

Advances in synthetic DNA are offering a way to preserve music forever, like a fly in amber.

Natasha Frost September 29, 2017

Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim.

Sinsheim, Germany

Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

Drop Tower at night.

Bremen, Germany

Bremen Drop Tower

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Barbed Wire Telephone Lines Brought Isolated Homesteaders Together

And then let them snoop on each other.

Natasha Frost September 25, 2017

Former fire station no 1 and its Watch Tower

Melbourne, Australia

Fire Services Museum of Victoria

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

<em>Golf</em> was first released for the Famicom, the Japanese version of the NES.

A Hidden Vintage Game Has Been Found—Inside Nintendo's Latest Console

It's a secret tribute to a beloved former CEO.

Eric Grundhauser September 20, 2017

<em>Mariner 9</em>, which is still in orbit around Mars—for now.

A Short History of Epically Destroying Spacecraft in the Name of Science

Cassini isn't the first space probe to go out in a blaze of glory—and it won't be the last.

Kelsey Kennedy September 15, 2017

A recent MAL experiment.

Boulder, Colorado

Media Archaeology Lab

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

A place setting with a napkin from <em>American Cookery</em>, 1914.

A Brief History of Napkins, From Soft Dough to Paper

They're currently under threat from paper towels.

Ernie Smith September 6, 2017

Clever Cockatoos' Tool Use Is Off the Hook

And puts young human children to shame.

Natasha Frost September 6, 2017

The problem may not be intrinsically challenging by nature, but increasing the size of the board pushes it from complex to nigh impossible.

Can You Solve the Million-Dollar, Unsolvable Chess Problem?

The queen of all puzzles.

Natasha Frost September 1, 2017

An image from the game <em>Persona 2</em>, preserved by the Video Game History Foundation.

The Holy Grail of Video Game History Is Probably an Office Memo

The Video Game History Foundation is trying to preserve the stories behind the fun.

Eric Grundhauser August 30, 2017

Riggers on the stack.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

World's Largest Deadweight Machine

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

Could the rubber band of the future be right around the corner? Yes.

'Smart' Rubber Bands Are on Their Way

Adding graphene could mean major upgrades to an old standby.

Eric Grundhauser August 28, 2017

Kimball, South Dakota

South Dakota Tractor Museum

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

Permanently Closed

Exterior of Ted Kaczynski's Cabin.

Washington, D.C.

The Unabomber's Cabin

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

PEEK&POKE, a computer club in Croatia.

Rijeka, Croatia

PEEK&POKE Computer Museum

This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.

Lemurs engaged in a unique behavior called "sun-worshipping."

Watching Animals Watch the Eclipse

Before and after the moon crosses the sun, interested people all over the U.S. will be spying on wildlife.

Cara Giaimo August 18, 2017