Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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