Preservation articles

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  How two 'Star Trek' fans are restoring original series shuttlecraft

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 8, 2013 07:15 pm + 22 comments

  The set piece for the shuttlecraft that ferried Spock, Scotty, and more than a handful of other crew Continue reading…

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  The rise and fall of Dr. von Hagens' naked cadavers

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 16, 2013 11:20 am + 16 comments

  In the mid-nineties, Dr. Gunther von Hagen (nicknamed "Dr. Death" by some tabloids) became known as Continue reading…

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  Library of Congress aims to preserve old audio recordings for future generations

  By Amar Toor on February 14, 2013 05:43 am + 3 comments

  The Library of Congress this week announced a new program designed to help preserve some of Continue reading…

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  'Beowulf' and other historic manuscripts available for free online

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 9, 2013 11:00 am + 6 comments

  The British Library, famed for holding every book published in the UK over the past hundred years, Continue reading…

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  Google brings Ten Commandments online as part of expanded preservation project

  By Amar Toor on December 18, 2012 05:56 am + 20 comments

  Last year, Google published five digitized and high-res manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, as Continue reading…

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  British Film Institute aims to preserve UK film heritage by digitizing 10,000 movies

  By Chris Welch on October 4, 2012 01:05 pm + 4 comments

  As part of its ambitious "Film Forever" project, the British Film Institute today announced plans to Continue reading…

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  Hitachi invents quartz glass storage capable of preserving data for millions of years

  By Chris Welch on September 27, 2012 01:03 pm + 60 comments

  Hitachi has managed to develop a long-term data storage solution it claims can preserve information Continue reading…

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  The life and times of a vintage Apple collector

  By Andrew Webster on May 18, 2012 08:54 am

  This past April an eBay seller with the username "wozniac" made headlines by putting a rare Continue reading…

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  Smithsonian tours its meteorite storage facility: over 15,000 samples in 'tight security'

  By Andrew Webster on April 2, 2012 06:55 pm + 6 comments

  In Suitland, Maryland the Smithsonian stores thousands of Antarctic meteorites so well that the Continue reading…

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  Film preservation and the impermanence of the digital medium

  By Bryan Bishop on February 13, 2012 10:02 pm + 19 comments

  Starting with a colorful anecdote about a cache of early silent films discovered beneath a Canadian Continue reading…