There’s an urban legend that a piece of paper can’t be folded in half more than eight times, as one fold makes it double in thickness, a process called exponential growth, according to IFLScience. By ...

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Imagine this: With a simple flash of light or heat, an unassuming piece of paper folds itself into a crane and, as the light pulses, flaps its paper wings in flight. Though the concept is still in its ...

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It is commonly claimed that you cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times. That may be true for a standard piece of paper of A4 dimensions, but according to US teenage (at the time) ...