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TwitterThe new substance would be safe for use in toysFrom Deutsche Welle:Plastic was one of the great innovations of the 20th century, but German scientists believe a new invention, liquid wood, could soon supplant the chemical in terms of everyday usefulness.Though it has proven to be extremely useful in the modern world, plastic still has a number of negative selling points.
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Liquid Wood Is Plastic of Tomorrow, Say Scientists
January 19th, 2009 
admin Is Einstein The Last Great Genius?
December 8th, 2008 admin From Live Science:Major breakthroughs in science have historically been the province of individuals, not institutes. Galileo and Copernicus, Edison and Einstein, toiling away in lonely labs or pondering the cosmos in private studies.But in recent decades — especially since the Soviet success in launching the Sputnik satellite in 1957 — the trend has been to create massive institutions that foster more collaboration and garner big chunks of funding.And it is harder now to achieve scientific greatness.
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No Comments »The First Aid: Iceman May Have Dressed His Own Wounds
December 5th, 2008 admin The 5,000-year-old Tyrolean iceman may have used bog moss as a prehistoric wound dressing, according to a new analysis of his body’s remains.From Wired Science:Suffering from an arrow wound and a deep cut to the right hand, the iceman, known as Ötzi, may have engaged in some ancient first aid using the moss, a well-known wound dressing used as recently as the 20th century.”If he knew of the useful properties of bog mosses, as seems entirely plausible, then he may have gathered some to staunch the wound or wounds,” wrote James Dickson, an archaeobotanist at the University of Glasgow, and his team in the journal Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. “Tiny pieces could well have stuck to the blood drying on his fingers and then he accidentally ingested some of them when next eating meat or bread as we know he did during his last few days.”Read more ….
