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From DNA to Silly Putty, the diverse world of polymers

You are made of polymers, and so are trees and telephones and toys. A polymer is a long chain of identical molecules (or monomers) with a range of useful properties, like toughness or stretchiness — and it turns out, we just can’t live without them. Polymers occur both naturally — our DNA is a polymer — and synthetically, like plastic, Silly Putty and styrofoam. Jan Mattingly explains how polymers have changed our world.

Guns In Movies Replaced By Thumbs

Thanks to ‘Thumbs and Ammo’, we have some PG-13 versions of the most famous gun scenes. The seriousness of situation disappears when guns get replaced by thumbs up. Every scene got a brand new...

American Propaganda Posters From WW2 (10 pictures)

During World War II (1941–45), American propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists fomented hatred for the enemy and support for America’s allies, urged greater public effort for war production and victory gardens, persuaded people to save some of their material so that more material could be used for the war effort, and sold war bonds.