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From the Ted Talk by Jim Al-Khalili: How quantum biology might explain life's biggest questions

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Quantum tnnuenilg takes place all the time; in fact, it's the reason our Sun shines. The particles fuse together, and the Sun turns hydrogen into helium through quantum tunneling. Back in the 70s and 80s, it was dvorieecsd that quantum tunneling also tkeas place inside living cells. ezyenms, those workhorses of life, the catalysts of chemical reactions — enzymes are biomolecules that speed up chemical reactions in lnivig cells, by many, many orders of magnitude. And it's always been a mystery how they do this.

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Quantum _________ takes place all the time; in fact, it's the reason our Sun shines. The particles fuse together, and the Sun turns hydrogen into helium through quantum tunneling. Back in the 70s and 80s, it was __________ that quantum tunneling also _____ place inside living cells. _______, those workhorses of life, the catalysts of chemical reactions — enzymes are biomolecules that speed up chemical reactions in ______ cells, by many, many orders of magnitude. And it's always been a mystery how they do this.

Solution

  1. enzymes
  2. takes
  3. discovered
  4. living
  5. tunneling

Original Text

Quantum tunneling takes place all the time; in fact, it's the reason our Sun shines. The particles fuse together, and the Sun turns hydrogen into helium through quantum tunneling. Back in the 70s and 80s, it was discovered that quantum tunneling also takes place inside living cells. Enzymes, those workhorses of life, the catalysts of chemical reactions — enzymes are biomolecules that speed up chemical reactions in living cells, by many, many orders of magnitude. And it's always been a mystery how they do this.

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