Discover science
90% of paper money in America has traces of cocaine
Each banknote in Europe can contain up to 26,000 bacteria, a number large enough for you to feel nauseous or even sick, while most US banknotes are proven to have traces…
Paper
Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Paper.
Topic archive
Articles about Paper
517 published items.
Discover science
Exquisite Japanese wagasa paper umbrella
Wagasa really became an object of secrecy after the Edo period, ie mid-Meiji and Taisho.
Discover science
Amazing 3D paintings
A Dutch painter has created amazing 3D pictures with pen and paper. Ramon Bruin, 31, developed the technique of painting he named anamorphosis (image distortion art) bas…
Discover science
The story of the history of toilet paper
With time, toilet paper became so familiar that we never thought that it also needed hundreds of years of innovation to take the form of it now.
Discover science
Strangely, black people have blond hair
A gene variant that makes up half of people's hair color changes, the paper published by scientists in Science magazine explains. The most surprising thing is that this…
Discover science
Small innovation but great influence
36 types of everyday utensils, quietly serving people like the
Discover science
Australian dollar notes contain deadly toxins
Australia's paper currency has a high concentration of bisphenol A which is very dangerous to health, the study published recently in the Journal of Enviromental Science…
Discover science
Write by hand, increase memory
Experts from the University of Stavanger (Norway) found that the process of putting pen on paper and reading a book seemed to inculcate knowledge into the brain better t…
Discover science
Explain 'wallpaper problem'
Are you frustrated when the tape doesn't stick off the roll in a straight horizontal line? Are you angry when you can't tear the wallpaper neatly? A new study has discov…
Discover science
Homosexual weddings come from ... medieval times
That is the claim of historian Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, USA. The historical evidence that he found a lot on tombstones and legal papers re…
Discover science
Women love with ... nose?
Love is a mystery that not only writers and poets waste paper on, but scientists also try to discover to have scientific bases that explain it. Recently the house
1001 mystery
The UFO record attracted nearly a million views
The notice - including a page of paper - is dated March 22, 1950. The person who sent the report was Guy Hottel, the head of the FBI branch in Washington, then. The reci…
World Heritage
Verla wood pulp mill
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Finland's Verla Pulp Paper Mill as a World Cultural Heritage in 1996.
