Small Matters: Emergence

Take something you use everyday, like a metal fork. It’s cold and shiny. But where does its coldness and shininess come from? It’s comprised of countless atoms that, on their own, are not cold and shiny. But bring those atoms together, and something rather different emerges: your fork. This story is about the pieces, the whole, and how to get between the two. Ari Daniel reports for us now in his series this week called Small Matters.

Audio for this story may be found here.