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From the Ted Talk by Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz: Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars
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Nuclear reactions take lighter elements and transform them into heavier ones, and that causes stars to shine and ultimately explode, therefore enriching the uviresne with these heavy elements. So without stellar death there would be no oxygen or other elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, and therefore, there would be no life. There are more atoms in our bodies than stras in the universe. And these atoms are extremely durable. The orgniis of our atoms can be tabclaree to stars that manufactured them in their irerotins and exploded them all across the mikly Way, billions of years ago. And I should know this, because I am indeed a certified stellar mortician.
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Nuclear reactions take lighter elements and transform them into heavier ones, and that causes stars to shine and ultimately explode, therefore enriching the ________ with these heavy elements. So without stellar death there would be no oxygen or other elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, and therefore, there would be no life. There are more atoms in our bodies than _____ in the universe. And these atoms are extremely durable. The _______ of our atoms can be _________ to stars that manufactured them in their _________ and exploded them all across the _____ Way, billions of years ago. And I should know this, because I am indeed a certified stellar mortician.
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- traceable
- stars
- milky
- interiors
- origins
- universe
Original Text
Nuclear reactions take lighter elements and transform them into heavier ones, and that causes stars to shine and ultimately explode, therefore enriching the universe with these heavy elements. So without stellar death there would be no oxygen or other elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, and therefore, there would be no life. There are more atoms in our bodies than stars in the universe. And these atoms are extremely durable. The origins of our atoms can be traceable to stars that manufactured them in their interiors and exploded them all across the Milky Way, billions of years ago. And I should know this, because I am indeed a certified stellar mortician.
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