In a scenario that appears more like science fiction than science, researchers at the University of Southampton in Great Britain say they have stored the full human genome on a crystal they predict will last for billions of years.
Their work is designed to potentially serve as a genetic blueprint to resurrect humanity in the distant future, should our species face extinction. The genetic information has been etched onto a recently invented, highly durable crystal with unparalleled resistance to degradation.
This digital record will be stored in the Memory of Mankind archive, a storage facility in an underground cave located in a centuries-old Austrian salt mine....
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