By storing data in DNA, the cassette offers a compact and low-energy way to archive billions of songs long-term.
The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say.
This is a story about the strange intersection of DNA and digital audio, science and song. Background: I've been fascinated by DNA mapping and identifying relatives since the Human Genome Project was ...