Archives for March 2019

Instant Fossils!

Scientists at Britain’s University of Bristol have converted animal and plant tissue into fossils, in just twenty-four hours! With the help of a hydraulic press and high temperatures, they converted bird feathers, lizard limbs, and leaves into fossils which are very similar to those dug out of the ground. 

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A Good Plastic?

Plastic has long been labeled as a bad pollutant because its petroleum-based production releases chemical contaminants, and because it takes hundreds of years for plastic to decay. 

In the January issue of Bioresource Technology, researchers at Tel Aviv Universitydescribed a new technique that produces a biodegradable plastic. 

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Descendents of Methuselah?

Guinness World Records recently announced that a Japanese couple, Masao and Miyako Matsumoto, set a world record for the oldest living married couple. They celebrated their eightieth wedding anniversary. He is 108 years old and she is a mere 100!
Source: AMAC Advantage Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018, p. 8. See also “Couple together for 80 years with combined age of 208 set oldest living married couple record,” Guiness World Records, retrieved February 20, 2018, http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/8/couple-together-for-80-years-with-combined-age-of-208-set-oldest-living-married-c-535346