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Every science fiction lover starts out by taking the world around them apart: unscrewing the cover from the cable box, putting shit in the microwave to watch it explode, asking their teachers and parents WHY the dog can't talk, or WHY we have to work for money instead of donuts. That's why this image delights me. Aaron Messing took a foam peanut, sliced it thinly, and put it under the microscope. The result? Beautiful deconstructed foam. [Aaron Messing Microscopy Gallery]
A Foam Peanut, Sliced Thinly and Magnified
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7:40 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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You would think those thin little cell walls would breakdown just a little more quickly, you know?
i am somewhat lost. what is foam peanut?
Those things they put in boxes when they pack fragile stuff.
Foam peanuts are actually in wikipedia: [en.wikipedia.org]
so thats what they are called. i used to think they were Styrofoam globule thingies. 0.o
Not to be confused with Salt Peanuts, which make me Dizzie.
bubbles! my bubbles!
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