Folds up like a brain (Image: Lendon Flanagan/Getty). What does your brain have in common with a scrunched-up piece of paper? That’s no riddle: it’s the latest insight into why ...

Despite technological advances, it is still extremely difficult to peer inside a simple scrunched-up paper ball with any detail. Computer science hasn’t been much help.

If the paper stays in its ball, it can likely be recycled. If it bounces back open, it can’t be recycled. Simple, right? Bonus: if you have a cat, those scrunched up bits of paper make great toys.

It may not look like much, but this scrunched-up piece of paper may have saved the lives of 1,517 people - only for them to perish later on. Because it warned of an obstacle that the Titanic could ...

Shoppers can use a simple 'scrunch test' to determine whether their Christmas wrapping paper can be recycled, experts at the UK-based Beyond the Box initiative revealed.

Try to scrunch up the paper into a ball. If it scrunches, and stays scrunched, it can probably be recycled , external . And if you've bought recycled wrapping paper in the first place, it can ...

The company's name was inspired by the test consumers should do to see if their wrapping paper is recyclable, which involves taking a piece of gift wrap and scrunching it up into a ball. If it ...

When in doubt, go ahead and give the "scrunch" test a try. If the wrapping paper stays in a ball after you scrunch it -- then it can be recycled. Skip Navigation ...