{"product_id":"mini-matter-evolve","title":"Mini Matter: Evolve","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eEvolve box\u003c\/strong\u003e is about what happens when systems overload and nature decides, nope, not today. It’s the glorious undoing, the point where order collapses into sludge, and somehow, against all reason, something stunning crawls out of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Evolve box contains these items and an info card:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSteel Date Nail:\u003c\/strong\u003e The number on this nail reflects the year it was used. “Date nails” once marked the age of every railroad tie and pole across the country. But this entire system evolved first to stencils, and now to digital databases. What endures is not the nail itself, but the idea it carried forward.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGolden Gate Bridge Segment:\u003c\/strong\u003e This strand of steel once helped suspend the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge through decades of wind, fog, and salt air. After forty years, corrosion and stress forced engineers to replace it with stronger, better-protected steel ropes. The bridge endures because its parts evolve.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlligator Tooth: \u003c\/strong\u003eSharp and crushing, this tooth was one of thousands an alligator will cycle through in its lifetime. As one wears down or breaks, another grows in to take its place, the same process that replaced our own childhood teeth. All living things evolve through growth and renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMini Matter is the smaller version of our \u003ca href=\"\/matter\"\u003eMatter subscription box\u003c\/a\u003e. These kits explore the stuff that makes up our world (and beyond) through surprising connections. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mini-matter\"\u003eShop the full collection here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stemcell Science Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49781592228080,"sku":"MI-4847","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/2207\/8448\/files\/IMG_6471-2.jpg?v=1780205482","url":"https:\/\/old-times-shoping.myshopify.com\/products\/mini-matter-evolve","provider":"Old Times Shoping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}