Without the written word or knowledge banks, our history becomes a mystery. Take the Roman dodecahedron. There is no commonly agreed-upon use or need for these 12-sided dodecahedron ancient Roman…
The world’s most elusive codex, the Voynich manuscript has yet to be deciphered. The codex pages were radiocarbon dated to the 1400s by the University of Arizona in 2011. No…
How does one bring a centuries-old icon back to life after a devastating fire? The reconstruction of the cathedral following the catastrophic 2019 blaze stands as a testament to the…
How Permanent is Our Information Storage?
We tend to think that our stored knowledge is good forever. This false sense of permeance has fooled many of us. A recent article…