#sciency

“Think about it. A lot of gum is already flavored like different toothpastes! It would work so well!”

“Plus for those of us who need it, chewing is an excellent stim!”

Science and Lovecore based moodboard! ^^ For an anon! Hope you like!!

Episode 1: Diamonds being made from the Carbon in the Air

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/30/ecotricity-founder-to-grow-diamonds-made-entirely-from-the-sky#:~:text=Dale%20Vince%2C%20the%20founder%20of,sky%20mining%20facility%E2%80%9D%20in%20Stroud.

https://news.sky.com/story/eco-friendly-diamonds-developed-using-carbon-sucked-from-the-air-bling-without-the-sting-12118523

SUMMARISED

I absolutely love this! Whilst I am not the biggest fan of gemstones, I do know many people who are, and this is such a wonderful way to make these wonderful gems at a lower impact to environment!

The diamonds are certified by the International Gemological Institute, meaning they are pretty much chemically and physically identical to the real ones. 

Not only does this allow people to continue buying diamonds in a way that is completely sustainable (it actually has a negative carbon impact because the carbon from the air is now being locked into a very permanent form), but it will most likely make them faster to produce and cheaper to buy.

Currently, the diamond mining industry causes incredible ecological devastation, from rerouting rivers to causing soil erosion. From this link: https://www.brilliantearth.com/blood-diamond-environmental-impact/ - “Diamond miners in the Kono district of eastern Sierra Leone have left behind thousands of abandoned mining pits. Wildlife has vanished, topsoil has eroded, and land once suitable for farming is now a desolate moonscape. The mining pits have created a public health disaster as well. When the pits fill with stagnant rainwater, they become infested with mosquitoes, spreading malaria and other water-borne diseases.” This is an excellent example of the negative impact of diamond mining.

Also, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now at 412 parts per million! That could be used to make a lot of diamonds.

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2915/the-atmosphere-getting-a-handle-on-carbon-dioxide/#:~:text=The%20concentration%20of%20carbon%20dioxide,it%20was%20near%20370%20ppm.

January Spread is Done! 

I’m really happy with the orgo doodles and color scheme for January (: 

Beth: [age 10, discussing the force of gravity] "What if the whole universe was totally empty except for two identical rocks on opposite sides. Would they have gravity toward each other?"

Me: "You mean, would they attract each other?"

Beth: "Yeah."

Me: "And would they eventually meet?"

Beth: "Right."

Me: "Maybe. And why rocks? Why not just two molecules?"

Beth: "Fine, two molecules, on opposite sides of the universe. Would they attract each other?"

Me: "I don't know. But how big is the universe? How far apart are they? Maybe, if they were really the only things in the entire universe, those two molecules would still pull toward each other."

Beth: "And what's past the edge of the universe?"

Me: "Maybe another universe."

Beth: "Maybe it's like Horton Hears A Who and we're a universe inside another universe."

Me: "I wasn't going to tell you until you were older, but Horton Hears A Who is actually a documentary."

Beth: "But why is it a cartoon?"

Me: "Actually, /we/ are in the cartoon universe, but Horton's universe is so complex that we can't understand it without simplifying how it looks."

Beth: "So... is Dr. Seuss from our universe or Horton's?"

Me: "Both. He travels between all the universes."

Beth: "I knew it. How old is Dr. Seuss?"

Me: "He's immortal."

Beth: "Wait, so, Dr. Seuss is God?"