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What is corn plastic?
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Corn plastic is made from polylactic acid plastic and looks like normal oil-based plastic. But can corn plastic reduce our dependence on foreign oil?
Can You Pass This Butcher's Quiz?
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Is there anything like unwrapping a brown-paper butcher's parcel in the kitchen, ready to start a classic meat-and-potatoes dinner recipe? If you know the feeling, then this quiz is for you!
How Fluid Concrete Works
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Concrete may seem dull and gray. But the superplasticizers in fluid concrete are actually pretty intriguing. How do these little buggers make wet concrete flow like a river?
Endoplasmic Reticulum: Rough ER vs. Smooth ER
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The part of your cells that helps you recover from a hangover is shaped like a maze of tubes and is made of two parts - the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.
How Magnets Work
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Magnets produce magnetic fields and attract metals like iron, nickel and cobalt. They're used in all sorts of applications but how are they made and how do they work?
What's So Delightful About Turkish Delight?
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A favorite treat in British children's stories of the past, Turkish delight might be an unfamiliar taste to American readers. So, what is it like and how do you make it?
Staph Infections 101
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You can catch staph infections anywhere from restaurants to locker rooms. How do staph infections spread, and what is it like to have one? Find out.
Bear With Me: Tracing the Origins of a Common Phrase
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The phrase "bear with me," meaning "be patient with me," likely originated in 14th-century Middle English and is often confused with "bare with me" due to similar pronunciation.
Make a Dr. Who Scarf
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Make a scarf that can help you get through all your time-traveling adventures, even if you are traveling through time linearly like we do.
Are sand dunes really alive?
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Sand dunes alive? It's hard to imagine a pile of sand could seem lifelike. But they can behave like creatures. Learn why sand dunes seem alive.