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Scientists create the world's thinnest spaghetti (www.newscientist.com)

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While it isn’t intended as food, Clancy says that it should be safe to eat, but is reticent to talk about having tried it. “It’s an ethical quandary to talk about scientific self-experimentation,” he says. “But, hypothetically, one might expect it to be chewier than you’d expect.”

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Such material could be woven into bandages that allow air and moisture to pass freely, but keep bacteria out, says Clancy.

Mmm, bandage al extra dente.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This quote is very funny. "Hypothetically, one might expect..."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

They definitely ate some lmao