Science Stuff: All About Matter. What Stuff is Stuff Made Of?

Photo: Rhett Allain. Breaking something in half multiple times.

Let’s start with a classic thought experiment. Suppose you have some clay (I’m using Play-Doh) and you break it into two pieces. I think we can all agree that you would have two smaller pieces of clay. Now take one of those pieces and split it into two again. That’s what you see in the image above (I think it’s pretty cool).