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From the Ted Talk by Anna Rothschild: Why you should love gross science

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And after a year and a half of making my show, I can tell you that very often when we eprxole the gross side of life, we find insights that we never would have thought we'd find, and we even often reveal buteay that we didn't think was there. I think it's important for us to talk about gross things for a few reasons. So, first of all, talking about gsors stuff is a gaert tool for education, and it's an excellent way to preserve curiosity. To explain what I mean, why don't I tell you a little bit about what I was like as a clihd? So, I was what you might call a gross kid. In fact, my love of science itself began when my parents boguht me a slime chemistry set and was then only enhanced by doing gross experiments in my sixth-grade biology class. We did things like, we swabbed scarufes around our classroom and clurtued the bacteria we'd collected, and we dicssteed owl pellets, which are these balls of material that are undigested that owls barf up, and it's really kind of gross and amweose and cool.

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And after a year and a half of making my show, I can tell you that very often when we _______ the gross side of life, we find insights that we never would have thought we'd find, and we even often reveal ______ that we didn't think was there. I think it's important for us to talk about gross things for a few reasons. So, first of all, talking about _____ stuff is a _____ tool for education, and it's an excellent way to preserve curiosity. To explain what I mean, why don't I tell you a little bit about what I was like as a _____? So, I was what you might call a gross kid. In fact, my love of science itself began when my parents ______ me a slime chemistry set and was then only enhanced by doing gross experiments in my sixth-grade biology class. We did things like, we swabbed ________ around our classroom and ________ the bacteria we'd collected, and we _________ owl pellets, which are these balls of material that are undigested that owls barf up, and it's really kind of gross and _______ and cool.

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  6. dissected
  7. cultured
  8. great
  9. explore
  10. bought

Original Text

And after a year and a half of making my show, I can tell you that very often when we explore the gross side of life, we find insights that we never would have thought we'd find, and we even often reveal beauty that we didn't think was there. I think it's important for us to talk about gross things for a few reasons. So, first of all, talking about gross stuff is a great tool for education, and it's an excellent way to preserve curiosity. To explain what I mean, why don't I tell you a little bit about what I was like as a child? So, I was what you might call a gross kid. In fact, my love of science itself began when my parents bought me a slime chemistry set and was then only enhanced by doing gross experiments in my sixth-grade biology class. We did things like, we swabbed surfaces around our classroom and cultured the bacteria we'd collected, and we dissected owl pellets, which are these balls of material that are undigested that owls barf up, and it's really kind of gross and awesome and cool.

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