Comments on: I wonder why… http://www.natashascorner.com/2008/10/22/i-wonder-why-2/ thoughts on design, user experience, and other things that begin with letters Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Natasha Lloyd http://www.natashascorner.com/2008/10/22/i-wonder-why-2/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Natasha Lloyd Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:25:03 +0000 http://www.natashascorner.com/2008/10/22/i-wonder-why-2/#comment-328 Sweet, thanks! Now I know. :) Sweet, thanks! Now I know. :)

]]> By: Seb Renauld http://www.natashascorner.com/2008/10/22/i-wonder-why-2/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Seb Renauld Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:36 +0000 http://www.natashascorner.com/2008/10/22/i-wonder-why-2/#comment-313 Not sure if you'd like an answer to this one, but if you do, the mere fact of pressing a leaf in a book prevents most air molecules from reaching the leaf. Air (or at least oxygen and nitrogen) causes a reaction called chlorophyll catabolism - in simple words, the chlorophyll (what keeps the leaf color true, most of the time) is broken down into a serie of compounds, including sugar. And we all know what happens to raw sugar left in the open - it rusts. That's your answer ;) Not sure if you’d like an answer to this one, but if you do, the mere fact of pressing a leaf in a book prevents most air molecules from reaching the leaf. Air (or at least oxygen and nitrogen) causes a reaction called chlorophyll catabolism – in simple words, the chlorophyll (what keeps the leaf color true, most of the time) is broken down into a serie of compounds, including sugar.
And we all know what happens to raw sugar left in the open – it rusts.

That’s your answer ;)

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