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Why is old paper yellowing?
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Why is old paper yellowing?

If you notice, you will see some old books will have yellow reclining paper. Do you think books of the past have such yellow paper material?

December 18, 2018
Why are bird eggs of different shapes?
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Why are bird eggs of different shapes?

Stoddard's team wrote a computer program called Eggxtractor to be able to calculate the length, width and statistics of the eggs in the photos from the museum.

December 18, 2018