Mortar found in situ at the historic Conference House on Staten Island was determined through materials testing to be almost 350 years old. The Historic House Trust of New York […]
Gone are the days when hundreds of Mixtec men scrambled over the rocky Oaxacan shoreline north of Huatulco to extract the milky liquid from the purpura patula, a marine mollusk. But thankfully to the persistence of a few people, the tradition of shellfish dyeing has survived, for these large mollusks yield the essential rich purple dye, hand woven into the traditional pozahuanco (wrapped skirt) worn by Mixtec women.
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Even remote forests aren’t safe. New research shows human activity reduces biodiversity far beyond city limits. #BiodiversityLoss #DarkDiversity #ConservationScience
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Jenny and Solange are joined by Panos Morfis as we figure out #bioplastics: what they are, how we can look after them, and why #conservators should get onboard with #3Dprinting.
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C is for: Compostable Jenny and Solange are joined by conservation scientist Panagiotis Morfis as we talk bioplastics: what are they, where do they crop up, and how can we look after them? Also tune in for a review of ‘Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis’ from Jenny. 01:03 Feeling out of our depth is okay 05:00 What ARE bioplastics? 07:25 Information and identification 14:09 Bringing in the science 17:06 3D printing 25:28 Survey time! 29:46 3D printers in every home 31:07 The place of 3D printers in conservation 38:51 A return to making 48:44 Review: Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis Show Notes: - S02E05 Modern Materials (our old plastics episode!): https://thecword.show/2017/10/18/s02e05-modern-materials/ - Research overview from Panos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vNefVxMUH2urWH62RSkoMkJ6LrfSxVo/view?usp=sharing - FTIR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier-transform_infrared_spectroscopy - Raman spectroscopy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_spectroscopy - Liquid chromatography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-performance_liquid_chromatography - Panos’ survey: https://forms.office.com/r/XJv81gneMW - Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis: https://www.routledge.com/Experimental-Design-and-Scientific-Data-Analysis/Skipper-Skipper/p/book/9781032501635 Recommended Reading from Panos: - ‘Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics’: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/design-innovation/sustainability-at-christmas - MoDiP projects: https://www.modip.ac.uk/projects - A curator’s guide to plastics: https://www.modip.ac.uk/projects/curators-guide-plastics Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Solange Masher and Panagiotis (Panos) Morfis. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2025.
New research reveals biodiversity doesn't scale uniformly—discover the three-phase pattern changing conservation strategies. #Biodiversity #Ecology #ConservationScience
https://geekoo.news/uneven-growth-rethinking-biodiversity-across-scales/
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