If you’ve ever made kombucha, you will be familiar with the term SCOBY – a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It’s ...

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But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, pre-dating the petroleum-based plastics that ...

Pine cones are pretty smart for things with no brains, enough so that scientists have copied them to create a unique window ...

If you've ever made kombucha, you will be familiar with the term SCOBY - a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It's impossible to miss - it's the ...

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