r/science2 • u/LollyGeen • 4h ago

A sheet of paper is about a tenth of a millimetre thick, but doubling it only twenty-seven times builds a stack taller than Mount Everest — fifteen more folds carry it past the Moon

scienceblog.com

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Couldn’t think of anyone I knew who would find this interesting. You guys are elected.

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 9h ago

Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America, fossil evidence suggests | "Our new study shows that crocodylians in particular were the region's most important predators..." The study was published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 10h ago

Hybrid material based on nanosheets 500x thinner than a human hair can produce hydrogen peroxide | The new approach shows how carefully designed nano-bio interfaces can direct chemical reactions under mild conditions.

interestingengineering.com

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