Read an ancient text written on a papyrus scroll without unrolling it
Brent Seales, professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky, discusses his work, spanning two decades, rescuing ancient texts such as the charred scrolls of ‘Herculaneum.
Cataclysmic flooding in Libya following Storm Daniel
A priori the results would mainly follow the breakdown of 2 dams (probably poorly maintained since the civil war) which ravaged several towns.
Carl Sagan explains the concept of the 4th dimension
In this episode of his television program entitled Cosmos , Carl Sagan discusses the notion of the fourth dimension of space-time by drawing an analogy with another well-known scientific story: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott.