applicationself-reflection
Are we walking, talking polymer structures?
We often think of polymers as synthetic plastics, but you are made of them. Your DNA is a massive information-carrying polymer. Your muscles and skin are made of structural proteins like collagen, which are polymers of amino acids. Nature mastered this chemistry billions of years before we did.
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Reflect on how the flexible, tough nature of your own skin matches the molecular behavior of the long-chain proteins holding you together.
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