Rubber
For thousands of years, humanity has relied on a remarkable material whose properties seem inexplicable. It can stretch several times its original length, absorb enormous amounts of energy, and return to its original shape. Its discovery led to scientific breakthroughs, enormous fortunes, brutal colonial exploitation,…
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