Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate? Ancient Egyptians made an early version of plant-based paper using papyrus — which is where the word "paper ...

The next time you grab a sheet of paper to do your homework, remember that the product you're writing on was once a tree. Most kids know this, but what you may not know is how a tree is turned into ...

Paper can be fabricated from all different kinds of materials such as, reeds, flax, cotton, and even bagasse (sugarcane pulp). However, the majority of paper products are made from treated wood fibers ...

Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour, authors of Radical Paper: Art and Invention with Colored Pulp. Courtesy Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour I’ll begin with the first question in the book, which yields a ...

In 1986, an experiment conceived by an Appleton high school student resulted in the first and only paper ever made in space. The experiment, flown on the space shuttle Columbia, tested if paper made ...

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