Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few...

Caviar or fruity ball? Whatever you like! Here’s a rundown of how to spherify your own edible bubbles and why they could help to reduce waste.

It seems like a simple question with a straightforward answer, but when you look at the total environmental impact of each type of bag, things start to get a little complicated.

Though not everyone is excited about it, plastics are pretty much everywhere. But what problems are they causing and is there anything we can do to solve those problems?

Meet the "Row-bot," a robot that cleans up pollution and generates the electricity needed to power itself by swallowing dirty water. Roboticist Jonathan Rossiter explains how this special swimming machine, which uses a microbial fuel...

Hank tells us about the enormous concentrations of plastic debris floating around in the Pacific Ocean, why they're there and why they're a problem.

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Twig - Ciencias de la tierra

¿Cómo se contamina la tierra y con qué? Descubre la cantidad de basura que se deposita en los vertederos cada año y qué parte podría reciclarse.
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Descubre la diferencia entre materiales biodegradables y no biodegradables.
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En esta película, se examinan tipos de plásticos sintéticos… incluidos los plásticos biodegradables conocidos como bioplásticos.
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Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions....

How does land get polluted, and what with? Discover the quantities of waste deposited in landfills each year, and just how much could be recycled. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Landfills are holes in the ground where...

The differences between thermosetting, thermosoftening and partially biodegradable plastics, and how they can be recycled. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. We throw away a lot of plastic and most is non-biodegradable....

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In this film types of synthetic plastics are examined ... including biodegradable plastics known as bioplastics.
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Find out the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials.
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This video highlights the dual impact of plastics on society. While plastics have revolutionized industries by providing waterproof packaging, non-stick cookware, and medical equipment, they have also caused severe environmental...

This video covers:

- What condensation polymers
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- How they're made from dicarboxylic acids
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- How to
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- Why condensation...

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A video entitled “Plastics: Could Organisms Replace Them?” which explores the origins of plastics, current human reliance on plastics, and issues such reliance can create.

It classifies pollutants based on different criteria and explains the type of hazard that they cause.

It talks about waste/garbage, identifies solid and liquid wastes and classifies them as biodegradable and non-biodegradable.

This video discusses the problems associated with the use and disposal of synthetic polymers. The video also discusses the challenge of disposing of non-biodegradable synthetic polymers, which can take hundreds of years to fully decay....

Opening up opportunities for the world’s unbanked, developing packaging that disposes of itself and sensing health signals hidden in our sweat. Plus, Michael and Anthony discover how artificial intelligence is making it easier to learn...