Subananation
There is a process in chemistry called sublimation where a substance transitions from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid in-between. My kitchen seems to have an atmosphere favorable for subananation where my banana's transition from under-ripe, green bananas, to overly ripe, brown/black bananas without transitioning through the tasty yellow phase:
===== yellow yumminess? ====>
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or rather, if you're gonna throw those guys away, give them to me and i'll make some bread or muffins for the 6a office. k?
and since we're talking chemisty, here is a link to the chemical reaction that causes the browning. it's about half way down the page... too bad they drew some of the ring structures wrong!
http://www.food-info.net/uk/colour/enzymaticbrowning.htm