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How the internet revived the world's first work of interactive fiction ~books literature fiction.interactive Article 744 words 13 votes
Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks ~design architecture Article 479 words 12 votes
Britain’s vast network of abandoned nuclear bunkers | Cold War UK ~humanities.history Video 39:41 8 votes
Historic covered bridges in the US are under threat by truck drivers relying on GPS meant for cars ~transport Article 673 words, published Mar 20 2024 37 votes
Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet: An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge ~science Article 643 words 26 votes
Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway – archaeologists fear more than 2,000 carved figures could be destroyed ~humanities.history Article 629 words 19 votes
Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts ~science archaeology biology Article 377 words 9 votes
Finnish sauna that was gifted to the UK after the 1948 Olympic Games has been granted Grade II-listed status ~design architecture Article 523 words 4 votes
History in ink: Preserving the world’s largest cartoon and comic collection ~comics Article 2150 words, published Oct 17 2023 8 votes
Sweden's most popular tourist attraction, a 17th-century vessel that foundered minutes after launch, needs another financial rescue ~humanities.history Article 660 words 11 votes
In Indonesia, humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it? ~humanities.history Article 12 votes
Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 Olympics – wooden hut is Britain's oldest operating sauna and ‘hugely important’ piece of sporting history ~design architecture Article 738 words 9 votes
The great cash-for-carbon hustle ~enviro climate change Article 11 271 words, published Oct 16 2023 10 votes
As the earth warms, glacial archaeologists in Norway are in a race against time to preserve objects before they are destroyed by the elements ~humanities.history Article 826 words 10 votes
San Francisco considers lifting the Ferry Building by seven feet to save it from the sea ~enviro climate change Article 1042 words 15 votes
How Digital Eclipse set the standard for preserving video game classics with their first Gold Master Series title – The Making of Karateka ~games Article 1748 words 8 votes
Long barrows are Neolithic constructions that might have been churches, or graveyards, or landmarks. And some are being built again: for the first time in recorded history. ~humanities.history Video 6:04 15 votes
It's a Baltic problem – objects are vanishing from historic wrecks as sport divers and criminal gangs loot well-preserved sunken ships ~humanities.history Article 1046 words 10 votes
Near Dayton, Ohio there's a lookalike of the Wright Brothers' Model B, a 1910 aircraft with no cockpit. It's a modern plane with a very old design, and I went for a ride. ~transport Video 7:16 21 votes
Buzludzha was the pinnacle of Bulgaria’s communist-era monuments and drew international visitors as a modern ruin. Now, it’s poised to be the country’s first monument presented like a museum. ~design architecture Article 3082 words 10 votes
Ancient Pompeii site installs 'invisible' solar panels that look like Roman terracotta tiles ~enviro energy Article 422 words, published Feb 6 2023 10 votes
Why game archivists are dreading this month’s 3DS/Wii U eShop shutdown ~games Article 800 words, published Mar 15 2023 10 votes
The unfathomable scale of the Brussels Palace of Justice ~design architecture Article 3659 words 9 votes
EA has confirmed it will shut down the online services for several games early next year, including Mirror's Edge and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition ~games Article 323 words 7 votes
Why (and how) over 600,000 bird specimens are preserved at the Smithsonian | Colossal Collections ~science biology Video 9:17 4 votes
Inside the fight to save video game history - Publishers and preservationists are fighting over how old video games can be saved from digital obsolescence ~games Article 2148 words, published Mar 21 2022 10 votes
Pompeii still has buried secrets - The first major excavations in decades shed light on how ordinary citizens shopped and snacked—and where slaves slept ~humanities.history Article 5829 words, published Nov 18 2021 6 votes
To break a book: Bibliophiles as book enemies ~books Article 3208 words, published Mar 12 2021 4 votes
Decolonizing Idaho’s road signs - A new effort will add Indigenous history to historical markers across the state ~humanities.history Article 1374 words, published Oct 26 2021 4 votes
You can help rebuild Notre Dame by sponsoring a statue ~design architecture Article 293 words, published May 23 2021 5 votes