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Friday, January 1 2016

  • Digital Dark Age January 1, 2016

    What if, either by the slow creep of technological obsolescence or sudden cosmic disaster, we&nbsp;were cut off from our electronic records?&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Preventing a NASA Dark Age January 1, 2016

      NASA's archives faced technological extinction, until a series of happy accidents allowed Keith Cowing to rescue the iconic photograph, Earthrise.

    • Vint Cerf and Our Uncertain Digital Future January 1, 2016

      Four decades after he co-developed one of the protocols that made the internet a reality, Vint Cerf is worried about our digital&nbsp;future.

    • The Solar Flare Scenario January 1, 2016

      Could a solar flare cause a digital meltdown? Brooke speaks with Lucianne Walkowicz, astronomer at Chicago's Adler Planetarium, about the sun's power to affect our electrical grid.

    • Surviving A Solar Flare January 1, 2016

      Rocky Rawlins created the Survivor Library&nbsp;in preparation for a&nbsp;solar flare taking us back to a pre-digital age.

    • The Storage Potential of DNA January 1, 2016

      Paper burns. Bits rot. CDs decay. But DNA can last tens of thousands of years. That's why researchers in England have developed a way to code digital data into the code of life.&nbsp;

    • Margaret Atwood Writes for the Future January 1, 2016

      Novelist&nbsp;Margaret Atwood&nbsp;recently handed in a new manuscript,&nbsp;Scribbler Moon, to the Future Library -- which means we'll&nbsp;have to wait until 2114&nbsp;to read it.

    • Operation Digital Data Rescue January 1, 2016

      A guide to moving your data from those obsolete cassettes, tapes and even floppy disks to somewhere you can actually use them.