Scientists Just Stored 52 Pages of Mozart in DNA

DNA storage could decrease our reliance on energy-intensive data centers

Emily Mullin
Future Human
Published in
2 min readNov 4, 2020

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So much of modern life is digital that the amount of data we’re generating is quickly outpacing the amount of storage space we have for that data. Not only does this mean we may need to build more massive data centers, but it’s bad news for climate change, too…

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Emily Mullin
Future Human

Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.