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Architects are now building massive skyscrapers out of what is essentially highly engineered plywood. By gluing layers of timber at perpendicular angles,…
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The majesty of glass recycling is shockingly rudimentary. Instead of melting bottles down to elegantly re-blow them, many recycling plants simply crush the…
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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing was founded in 1902 to mine corundum for grinding wheels. Except, they completely failed at geology and were actually…
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One of the most annoying, yet effective, features of modern polymer cash is its aggressive structural memory. If you try to aggressively crease a plastic…
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Despite being classified as a hardwood, balsa is mostly just hollow cells filled with water. Once dried, the wood from these fast-growing Ecuadorian trees…
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Heavy protective rubber seals actually drastically accelerate natural decomposition by trapping unwanted organic moisture firmly inside. While heavily pushed…
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