Dr Wingnut

Day: March 16, 2005

  • Adversity

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    If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672), ‘Meditations Divine and Moral,’ 1655

  • CO2 to Plastic

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    A Cornell University research group has made a sweet and environmentally beneficial discovery — how to make plastics from citrus fruits, such as oranges, and carbon dioxide.Cool!