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BBC4 traces one of humanity’s most important inventions in The Secret History of Writing
The three-part documentary examines how writing developed through the millennia, from hieroglyphics to the alphabet …
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This is ‘nanowood,’ an invention that could reduce humanity’s carbon footprint
Scientists have designed a heat-insulating material made from wood that is both light and strong and made entirely from tiny, stripped-down wood fibers. The so-called nanowood, described in the journal Science Advances, could one day be used to make more …
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