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By Nico Aldape Oct. 10, 2016 After reaching the scientific conclusion that \u201cthis doesn\u2019t look anything like the one on the box,\u201d a University of Chicago Department of Geophysical Sciences study has found the place on earth with the highest temperature extremes \u2013 the Hot Pocket in the lab microwave. \u201cThough common perception would suggest the place with the highest temperature extremes would be somewhere such as a mountain range or desert, these findings went against all common geophysical hypotheses,\u201d read the study. \u201cI had no idea my lunch would lead to such a monumental discovery,\u201d said second-year lab intern Abby Leroux. \u201cIt\u2019s cool that my Hot Pocket is serving its purpose for science, but also, that was my last Hot Pocket, so now I\u2019m kind of hungry.\u201d The data behind the finding makes a compelling case. \u201cThe Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket was purchased at 0\u02da Celsius (32 \u02da Fahrenheit) and cooked until 34\u02da Celsius (93.2\u02da Fahrenheit),\u201d read the study. \u201cThe hypothesis was that if the Hot Pocket were to be heated according to box directions, the entire dish would be brought to meaty, cheesy, crispy perfection. This was not supported by the data.\u201d The study noted that not only was the center of the Hot Pocket more cooked than either of the ends, but that the temperature of the ends actually dropped to negative 5\u02da Celsius (23\u02da Fahrenheit). \u201cComparison of pre-heating and post-heating data showed that the inner part of the Hot Pocket absorbed thermal energy from the ends during heating, which is behavior unlike any matter we have seen before,\u201d read the study. \u201cQuestions as to whether this dually frozen-solid and gooey-crispy melted substance is classifiable by current chemistry or physics or if we have discovered a new state of matter remain unanswerable and necessitate further research.\u201d The study postulated that the Hot Pocket\u2019s unique heat distribution properties may make them a good heat shield for space shuttles during re-entry, but expressed qualms over NASA\u2019s dry revenue streams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2802,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}