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5 articles Updated January 5, 2026

Happy New Year!

A quick peek at the latest addition to the library. Dive in for takeaways, context, and actionable steps.

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Happy New Year!

2 min read By Benjamin Scott

Happy 2026 everybody. Just writing a quick update on site development, and also wanted to mention I’ve completed another wiki article on paint! This one took way …

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A Better Way to Measure?

5 min read By Benjamin Scott

I just finished and published a wiki article on microplastic quantification, going over the techniques currently used to measure how much plastic contamination there is …

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Inauguration

7 min read

This is the biggest update I’ve had to offer since starting the project. I’m happy to inaugurate a new website (and a new name), which will hopefully serve as …

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Plastic: a Problem and a Solution

8 min read

A bit of background about the impetus behind this blog Plastics are a novel material, mass-produced since the 1907 invention of Bakelite by the Belgian chemist Leo …

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Microplastics: the basics

8 min read By Benjamin Scott

Brace yourself, please—if you’ve never heard of microplastics before and you’re just learning about them for the first time here, I ask that you please resist the urge to …

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