stackyFACTSMost natural materials, like a rubber band, grow progressively thinner the further you pull them apart. However, specially engineered materials known as auxetics possess a bizarre internal hinge-like structure that actually forces them to expand outward and grow thicker the harder you attempt to stretch them.
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