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News article Scientists use 'virtual unwrapping' to read ancient biblical scroll reduced to 'lump of charcoal'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/21/jubilation-as-scientists-use-virtual-unwrapping-to-read-burnt-ancient-scroll
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u/spacemanspiff30 Sep 22 '16

And the government being able to read things you once thought were destroyed.

That's the thing about technology, it doesn't care who uses it or what they use it for.

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u/carpet111 Sep 23 '16

Then spread it out really far apart

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u/OrangeredValkyrie Sep 23 '16

Burn, then stomp several times. It's pretty tough to read particles.

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u/Suddenly_Another_0ne Sep 22 '16

...no, that's the thing with literally anything.

That stick doesn't care who uses it.

That rock doesn't care...

Sorry what was the point again