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Toning down one’s facial swelling is something many search far and wide for, as puffiness is a common occurrence that many different things can trigger. “A number of factors cause puffiness—salt and ...

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Climate change, capitalism and disease are threatening to strike a mortal blow to the world's rubber trees. Do we need to find alternative sources of rubber before it's too late? Natural rubber is a ...

The small, spongy black beads used as fill material in most artificial turf fields are called crumb rubber, which has long ...

Bouncy, elastic, compressible and moldable—the unique properties of natural rubber make it one of the most widely used materials, found in products from pencil erasers and birthday balloons to condoms ...

This story appears in the January 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes you just want to spend a few hours washing your truck. It’s a beautiful day, all of northern Thailand vibrant in ...

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Rubber tapping in the forest was once the main Amazonian economic activity, and now an Indigenous group is bringing it back. Partnering with Brazilian organizations, Indigenous Gavião communities find ...