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House Termites

House Termites Made It Over to England, But a 27-Year Government Funded Program Eradicated Them in 2021.

A bungalow owner in Devon called pest control in 1994 to report a mysterious “white ant” chomping through her conservatory. The culprit was eventually revealed to be a colony of millions of subterranean termites, the first and only colony ever recorded on UK soil. Did you know how were termites eradicated in England?  House Termites […]

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Mr. Trashwheel

Mr. Trash Wheel is an Anthropomorphised Trash Interceptor Who Has Inspired a Series of Trash Interceptors like Professor Trash Wheel, Captain Trash Wheel, and Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West.

Trash interceptors are becoming more common in large cities, preventing garbage from floating down waterways. Mr. Trash Wheel is Baltimore’s pride, contributing to a cleaner, more beautiful city waterfront. But do you know how Mr. Trash Wheel influenced other trash-collecting characters? Mr. Trash Wheel is an anthropomorphized trash collector who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr.

Mr. Trash Wheel is an Anthropomorphised Trash Interceptor Who Has Inspired a Series of Trash Interceptors like Professor Trash Wheel, Captain Trash Wheel, and Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West. Read More »

Aluminum

What Element was Once More Expensive Than Gold?

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and the atomic number 79, making it one of the naturally occurring elements with a higher atomic number. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in its pure form. In chemistry, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element.

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Why Did Asbestos Become Popular?

The first case of asbestos-related disease in the lungs was detected in 1899. This was 20 years after the commercial production of asbestos insulation began. By 1935, the first case of asbestosis and lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure was diagnosed. With all the harmful effects of asbestos, you might wonder what the appeal was

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Biologist Tyrone Hayes published an experiment that showed pesticide Atrazine was turning frogs from male to female. In response, manufacturer Syngenta spent years spying on him and conducting an extensive campaign to create a scandal that would end his career.

A Valuable Reputation In 2001, seven years after joining the biology faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, Tyrone Hayes stopped talking about his research with people he didn’t trust. He instructed the students in his lab, where he was raising three thousand frogs, to hang up the phone if they heard a click, a

Biologist Tyrone Hayes published an experiment that showed pesticide Atrazine was turning frogs from male to female. In response, manufacturer Syngenta spent years spying on him and conducting an extensive campaign to create a scandal that would end his career. Read More »

WD-40 has never been patented as patenting would force them to disclose their recipe.

WD-40 This article is about the lubricant. For the company that manufacturers the product, see WD-40 Company. For the biomolecular structure, see WD40 repeat. WD-40 spray can from Germany WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray. The spray is manufactured by the WD-40 Company based in San Diego, California. History

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In 2008, the country of Rwanda banned plastic bags and, in early 2019, banned all single use plastics.

Rwanda adopts draft law to ban single-use plastics Rwanda’s Cabinet last week adopted a draft law seeking to prohibit the manufacture, use and sale of single-use plastics, a move that is expected to affect the operations of importers and local manufacturers. The passage of the draft came ahead of the February 1 EAC Summit, in

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