An open copy of Amelia Earhart’s memoir with a tiny record tucked inside, beside a non-contact optical scanner in a conservation lab.

A Tiny Record Hidden in Amelia Earhart’s Memoir Sat Untouched for 94 Years—Then the Library of Congress Played It

A tiny record tucked inside Amelia Earhart’s 1932 memoir had never been played. The Library of Congress recovered its sound without touching the fragile disc.

A 35mm film canister and unspooled film sit in an archival cinema room beside a projector casting a blurred noir-style silhouette.

A 1959 Movie Thought Lost to Time Was Found in Portland—Its 35mm Print Was Headed for the Dump

The Hollywood Theatre screened the only known 35mm print of a 1959 noir, unseen since it was made. An attendee says the canisters were saved from a dump-bound cache.

16mm film reels and contact sheets in an archive editing room, with indistinct silhouettes on a viewer in an illustrative scene.

44 Recovered Film Rolls Bring Patti Smith, Frank Zappa and William S. Burroughs Back to 1978

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Conceptual illustration of a transparent microfluidic chip with hinged artificial cilia pumping liquid through warm and cool channels.

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An illustrative bigfin squid floats above a deep-sea floor, its large fins extended and its long arms hanging at elbow-like bends in the ROV lights.

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Original illustration of a large fresh crater and bright ejecta on the Moon, representing NASA's discovery of McGetchin crater

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A natural impact carved a 728-foot crater on the Moon. NASA found the fresh scar by comparing old orbital images—and discovered the blast changed the surrounding ground, too.

Original illustration of a 1960s television studio performance seen through a 16mm film reel, representing The Seekers’ recovered footage

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Original illustration of a giant exoplanet with a subtle polar glow and a magnetic field, representing a preprint’s proposed auroral radio emissions

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A preprint reports radio bursts localized to the giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. The authors interpret them as likely auroral emissions tied to a magnetic field—not an alien signal.

Late-1970s film desk with original science-fiction concept art, a clapperboard, and production papers illustrating the CIA’s fake Argo movie cover.

Jack Kirby’s Unmade Sci-Fi Art Helped the CIA Sell Its Fake ‘Argo’ Movie

Jack Kirby’s unused Lord of Light artwork helped the CIA sell its fake Argo movie cover during the 1980 rescue of six Americans from Iran.

Illustrative scene of a vintage sci-fi promotional vending machine strapped to a flatbed truck traveling from a Pittsburgh firehouse toward Los Angeles.

Pittsburgh’s ‘Phantom Menace’ Vending Machine Turned Up 2,400 Miles Away

The missing 1999 Phantom Menace vending machine resurfaced 2,400 miles away in Los Angeles after its creator took it on a cross-country trip.

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