By 
Leo Bear-McGuinness
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TED-Ed Original

Is DNA the future of data storage?

In the event of a nuclear fallout every piece of digital and written information could all be lost. Luckily there is a way that all of human history could be recorded and safely stored beyond the civilization's end. And the key ingredient is inside all of us: our DNA. Leo Bear-McGuinness explains.

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