A classic favorite movie in our house is Napoleon Dynamite, and here’s one of our favorite scenes:his drawing of a “liger.”
But were you aware that ligers really exist?
My friend Laura is one of my go-to scientists. She not… Read More
In 1903, French chemist Edouard Benedictus accidentally dropped a glass container that had been holding cellulose nitrate, a form of liquid plastic. To his surprise, the shattered glass pieces retained the shape of the container. The pieces of glass were held together by the traces of plastic film that remained in the flask. Safety glass was born.
source: Mistakes that Worked (45-6)