Archived articles

This is a very random archive of old articles and other previously published/unpublished materal, some from my website explainthatstuff, some from elsewhere. Most of it is now out-of-date and none of it will be updated in the future.

• Biomimetic clothing and smart clothes
• Blister plasters and hydrocolloidal dressings
• Camcorders and movie cameras
• Chromium
• Coffee
• Computer models
• Defibrillators
• Endoscopes
• Environment (public attitudes to)
• Gold
• Hearing aids
• History of happiness
• How to be a scientist
• Laser eye surgery (LASIK/LASEK)
• Lead
• Orson Welles: "A rather fat Ghandi"
• Polygraphs (lie detectors)
• Prosthetic artificial limbs
• Science reading list
• Schlieren photography
• Silver
• Solar cookers
• Spam
• Suicide in young people
• Sunscreen
• Telephones for the deaf and hearing impaired
• Tungsten
• Website speed and optimization
• Winston Churchill—Was he really an alcoholic?
• Zinc

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