Why skyscrapers became glass boxes
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Helsinki landmark Finlandia Hall reopens – architectural icon, designed by Alvar Aalto, is now more accessible than ever to the public after an extensive renovation
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Transparent bamboo: A fireproof and waterproof alternative to glass
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Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
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Sionic Energy unveils 100% silicon anode battery with high energy density
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How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils
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Portland Airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy
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Advice wanted: Getting into making miniatures
Does anyone have any experience making miniatures? I'm looking to get started and there just seems to be an absolute overload of options for sculpting material: Sculpey, Milliput, Green Stuff,...
Does anyone have any experience making miniatures? I'm looking to get started and there just seems to be an absolute overload of options for sculpting material: Sculpey, Milliput, Green Stuff, Scultamold... The list seemingly goes on and on. I've seen some great videos by Miscast or Bill Making Stuff, but they can be a little all over the place.
Does anyone have any suggestions or point to any video/written tutorials on getting started?
Thanks!
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Carpet fibres delay or stop concrete cracking
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Oregon, USA introduces new statewide recycling rules to combat plastic waste
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Reusing plastic water bottles, to-go containers? Scientists say that’s a bad idea.
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After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free
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Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid
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Quartz producing location Spruce Pine, North Carolina just got hit by hurricane Helene. The fallout on the tech industry could be huge.
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The world’s first wooden satellite was launched into space, will begin testing in December
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Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
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How guayule, a small shrub, could help the US rubber industry
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Carbon myopia is concealing a deeper problem: our insatiable appetite for materials
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Duracell PowerCheck: A genius idea which didn't last that long
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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Cement is a big polluter. Heidelberg Materials in Norway is betting it can profit from carbon capture that will reduce the carbon dioxide.
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Is the world really running out of sand?
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Making an atomic trampoline
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Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US
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Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America
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Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and vastly cheaper than mined diamonds. Beating nature took decades of hard graft and millions of pounds of pressure.
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Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a business failed three times by fire marshal
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Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste overseas?
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Why Lego is so expensive | So Expensive
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This store only sells fake food
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Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock of Krafla in Iceland to learn more about how volcanoes behave
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Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia
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Heidelberg Materials' cement plant in Norway will be the first of a handful around the world to capture carbon in the production of cement
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Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses
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Was early modern writing paper expensive?
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The deadliest of all dead ends in the 3D printing industry
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How Ernest Wright scissors are handmade
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Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements
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Why 3D printing buildings leads to problems
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'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
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The engineering of duct tape
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In the years after World War II, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb
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New analysis of wooden finds at Schöningen show wood was crucial raw material 300,000 years ago
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The magic of the blackboard
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How to escape from the Iron Age? We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
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When you make a mathematical knot using elastic material you get jumping loops, and challenging puzzles
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Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries
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Turning styrofoam into cinnamon candy
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How the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird works
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Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
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