Thomas S. Mullaney

When world-renowned scholar Thomas S. Mullaney "lost" both his parents, he began thinking of how information—all the stuff that makes us, that we make, and that we leave behind—ultimately disappears. The information that makes up our lives, from mundane official documents, poignant family photos, and sentimental artefacts to the cues embodied in our genes, both defines us, and inevitably decays,...