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> many materials — including graphene, frogs and pliers — can exhibit similar magnetic behaviour. I'm sorry, FROGS!? I looked this up and it's very fun: https

• michael_nielsen 3y ago
  There's a great video of a frog (and several other items) floating in a strong magnetic field, from 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJsVqc0ywM&ab_channel=APArchive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJsVqc0ywM&ab_channel=APArc... Lots of objects are diamagnetic, including human beings, and can potentially be made to float in a strong magnetic field.
• adw 3y ago
  Yes, resulting in Andre Geim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Geim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Geim) having the best possible scientific resume: - the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for frog levitation: - the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on graphene.
  • h2odragon 3y ago
    "There were no worlds left to conquer" After that, where do you go? Write poetry? Go start a turkey farm?