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Why did ancient Chinese emperors use jade coffins?
Because of their belief in the magical properties of jade, ancient Chinese nobles were often buried in jade coffins sewn with gold or silver thread.
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Kusari Rain Thread - toi: Making Japan's Own Rain
The rains in the land of cherry blossoms are decorated by the Japanese in their own way with Kusari - toi rain threads, thanks to which the rains in Japan become more ge…
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Top 25 common items that look different under a microscope
Without reading the comments below, no one would realize how familiar these things are to us.
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The truth falls back on the famous method of using silk to catch the pulse 'Journey to the West'
The method of using silk to catch the pulse has appeared in many Chinese films, even making the Qianlong king believe it is real.
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Why did the old Chinese prostitutes always tie a red thread at the waist?
Feudal Chinese courtesans often tied a red thread at the waist. That strange thing hides many unexpected secrets that not everyone knows.
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The quantum silkworm releases a glowing silk thread
Through quantum technology, scientists have successfully made silk threads that glow in a completely natural way.
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Knitting molecular fibers into fabric, British researchers set a record by creating the world's smoothest fabric
Known as the 'poor man's fireworks,' Dashuhua is a 500-year-old firework ritual used in Nuanquan, China, to celebrate the Lunar New Year. For their new achievement, they…
Archeology
Stunned the 570 million-year-old organ-less, 'networked' monster with silk
British scientists have discovered a kind of weird ocean monster, connected by a social network with thin thread like thread.
Health
Initiative to use human skin sutures for suturing patients
This technique uses only made from human skin cells to assist surgeons suturing wounds to patients, to replace materials that may cause reactions to the body.
Biology
Revealing the secret of spiders creating the world's most durable silk thread
Scientists have deciphered the genome of a Madagascar spider that produces the world's most durable and largest spider webs, and found a unique protein that makes spider…
Health
What is self-consumption? Some self-induced surgery? How long is the self-consumption time?
Self-digesting is the only commonly used medicine in sewing the wounds of the wounds.
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How was silk invented?
Silk originated from ancient China and was invented by Queen Luy To.
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This is why fragile spider silk is 5 times stronger than steel
Spider silk has long been famous as the most enduring natural material. There are even spiders that release silk that are five times stronger than steel - like brown spi…
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Painter paints with ... unique sewing machines in the world
The paintings of this special artist are beautiful and vivid, but even more impressive is that he has done all the works with sewing machines.
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What are the 'golden threads' on bananas that make me 'crazy' when eating?
These yellow ropes exist in banana peels, on what bananas really do, but lurk there all the time.