Cellulose, the major constituent of plant mass, is made up of long chains of sugar-like molecules, much in the same way that plastics are polymers made up of short repeating units. Cutting up these ...

Reindeer have very distinct droppings that reveal more than you may realize. From what they eat to where they migrate, reindeer poop is incredibly telling. Here’s what you can out from their feces. 1.

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...