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holding the universe together one questionable bond at a time
means The act of joining things together with adhesive, or more loosely, sticking or fixing anything to anything else.
from From "glue," which entered English through Old French "glu" (birdlime, a sticky substance for trapping birds), descending from Late Latin "glus, glutis" — sticky stuff. The same Latin root gives us "gluten," the protein that makes dough cling to itself; so every loaf and every craft project share a common ancestor in that ancient word for paste.
- strongest glue
- holds 17.5 tons per square inch, named DP420
- ancient craft
- Egyptians glued furniture with boiled animal hides
- super setback
- superglue bonds skin in seconds, dentists weaponize it
- barnacle envy
- scientists copy mussel glue that cures underwater
- sticky physics
- works by molecular forces, not actually filling gaps
for instance
gorilla glue — polyurethane adhesive brand that expanded so much it became a meme when applied to hair in 2017
super glue — cyanoacrylate adhesive invented by harry coover at eastman kodak in 1942