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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 101 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I didn't read the "in med school" part and was expecting the reveal to be that she actually took a material science course.

[–] Wutchilli@feddit.de 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean bones are also just fancy structures so ...

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s biomechanics and the main thing you learn in it aside from statics and dynamics is that living osseous tissue is a strange material and it bends so much more than you think it should

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

it bends so much more than you think it should

Especially if it's in a child. Weird kids and their weird flexible bones.