> every scientific paper ever published will be around until the end of humanity, whereas this interactive web page will surely disappear within a decade or two

> every scientific paper ever published will be around until the end of humanity, whereas this interactive web page will surely disappear within a decade or two. I think you're conflating two distinct issues. One is whether the media is static or interactive, and the other is whether it is a page on the web or stored in some other fashion. If the scientific papers will be around long-term, that's likely because they'll be stored in some sort of database. There's no reason why interactive media couldn't be similarly stored. (Yes, there are issues about being able to run the interactive content in the future, though you don't bring that up).