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From the Ted Talk by Nadya Mason: How to spark your curiosity, scientifically

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(Laughter)

And that can be good for you, right? OK, here's something else. This thing over here is not magnetic. I can't lift it up with the mnegat. But now I'm going to make it cold. The same thing in here, cold, and when I make it cold, and put it on top of the magnet, so —

(Applause)

It's amazing.

That's not magnetic, but somehow it's interacting with a magnet. So clearly uadnntrneisdg this is going to take many more experiments. In fact, this is something that I've snept much of my career studying. It's cleald a superconductor.

Now, superconductors can be complex, but even simple experiments can connect us better to the world. So now if I tell you that flash memory works by rotating small magnets, then you can imagine it. You've seen it. Or, if I say that MRI mhenaics use magnetism to rotate magnetic particles in your body, you've seen it done. You've interacted with the technology and understood the basis of these devices.

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(Laughter)

And that can be good for you, right? OK, here's something else. This thing over here is not magnetic. I can't lift it up with the ______. But now I'm going to make it cold. The same thing in here, cold, and when I make it cold, and put it on top of the magnet, so —

(Applause)

It's amazing.

That's not magnetic, but somehow it's interacting with a magnet. So clearly _____________ this is going to take many more experiments. In fact, this is something that I've _____ much of my career studying. It's ______ a superconductor.

Now, superconductors can be complex, but even simple experiments can connect us better to the world. So now if I tell you that flash memory works by rotating small magnets, then you can imagine it. You've seen it. Or, if I say that MRI ________ use magnetism to rotate magnetic particles in your body, you've seen it done. You've interacted with the technology and understood the basis of these devices.

Solution


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  2. machines
  3. called
  4. magnet
  5. understanding

Original Text


(Laughter)

And that can be good for you, right? OK, here's something else. This thing over here is not magnetic. I can't lift it up with the magnet. But now I'm going to make it cold. The same thing in here, cold, and when I make it cold, and put it on top of the magnet, so —

(Applause)

It's amazing.

That's not magnetic, but somehow it's interacting with a magnet. So clearly understanding this is going to take many more experiments. In fact, this is something that I've spent much of my career studying. It's called a superconductor.

Now, superconductors can be complex, but even simple experiments can connect us better to the world. So now if I tell you that flash memory works by rotating small magnets, then you can imagine it. You've seen it. Or, if I say that MRI machines use magnetism to rotate magnetic particles in your body, you've seen it done. You've interacted with the technology and understood the basis of these devices.

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