Animal world
How does a sheep deal with its wool if it is not sheared by humans?
If humans didn't shear their sheep, how would they manage their own wool?
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Archeology
The truth about the 2,300-year-old stuffed swan in Siberia
Archaeologists have found a stuffed swan in a burial mound in Siberia. It is believed to belong to the Pazyryk culture, an Iron Age people.
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Top 7 most expensive fabrics in the world, some made from diamond chips
Here are the most expensive, expensive fabrics in the world, with extremely demanding and rigorous production process, contributing to the price of clothes or fashion ac…
Animal world
The death of Chris is famous for being the world's largest fur
Chris the sheep, a famous marino wool sheep once discovered with the heaviest sheep in the world, died in Australia.
Animal world
'Pig boiled sheep' three times out of the slaughterhouse
The rare male boar with a curly hair like wool does not only escape many times but also finds it
Videos
How is wool 'turned' into fabric?
From raw animal hairs to finished cloths, it is a very marvelous process, going through many stages with the participation of a variety of machines!
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The cause of the wool is not falling when it rains
Sweaters can be worn when washing machines due to kneading and fleece, though wool-like, will not shrink if only rainwater is applied.
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Fabrication of fabric fibers from animal skin and bones? How?
It doesn't sound like high fashion but
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4 useful scientific inventions for your life
Anti-piracy tires, good sleeping wool hats, rain cloud boxes for weather forecast ... are inventions
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Recreate the chemical reactions in books through realistic beams
The following animation experiments will help you understand and love this chemistry better.
Archeology
Detecting Greek mummies in coffins with lead
The mummy of a middle-aged woman dating from ancient Greece was discovered in a coffin by lead in another stone casket. The first clear information is the Greek mummy fr…
Animal world
Few people think this camel is the source of the world's rarest fiber fabric
Compared to the common camel species, Vicuña camel is very lovely and charming. In particular, its fur can be woven into fabric like wool.
Animal world
Smart crow sneaks up sheep wool to build a nest
Recently, wildlife photographer Alan Price recorded interesting scenes, clever crows who had sneakily pulled sheep's wool, which surprised many people.
Animal world
India: Cloned goats for rare wool
This technique is expected to be turned into a real money machine instead of going around in the lab.
Scientific application
He created sheep shed himself
British agriculture has just received the special Exlana sheep - the hair grows long in the winter and then sheds itself in the spring.