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It’s Raining Plastic | Making Fuel From Sunlight and Air | My Science Bytes with Joe and Craig
It's Raining Plastic:
Since the dawn of history, humankind has struggled to develop materials offering benefits not found in natural materials. The development of plastics started with the use of natural materials that had fundamental plastic properties, such as shellac and chewing gum. The next step in the evolution of plastics involved the chemical modification of natural materials such as rubber, nitrocellulose, and collagen. Finally, the full range of entirely synthetic materials that we would recognize as modern plastics started around 100 years ago.............
Scientists Are Making Fuel From Sunlight and Air
Few activities swell our carbon footprint quite like flying. A one-hour flight on a twin-engine jet aircraft burns almost 6,000 pounds of kerosene and adds nearly 19,000 pounds of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. The environmental impact of air travel is stark, but what if flying could be made zero carbon?
Hunt for Alien “Technological Civilizations”
A team of astronomers from Harvard and other institutions are collaborating on a new project to scan the skies for technological signatures from alien civilizations. It’s a noteworthy new project, as it’s the first to receive a NASA grant for SETI-specific research in more than 30 years.
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It's Raining Plastic:
Since the dawn of history, humankind has struggled to develop materials offering benefits not found in natural materials. The development of plastics started with the use of natural materials that had fundamental plastic properties, such as shellac and chewing gum. The next step in the evolution of plastics involved the chemical modification of natural materials such as rubber, nitrocellulose, and collagen. Finally, the full range of entirely synthetic materials that we would recognize as modern plastics started around 100 years ago.............
Scientists Are Making Fuel From Sunlight and Air
Few activities swell our carbon footprint quite like flying. A one-hour flight on a twin-engine jet aircraft burns almost 6,000 pounds of kerosene and adds nearly 19,000 pounds of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. The environmental impact of air travel is stark, but what if flying could be made zero carbon?
Hunt for Alien “Technological Civilizations”
A team of astronomers from Harvard and other institutions are collaborating on a new project to scan the skies for technological signatures from alien civilizations. It’s a noteworthy new project, as it’s the first to receive a NASA grant for SETI-specific research in more than 30 years.