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The magnet induced a current in the copper pipe, which in turn produced a magnetic field. The direction of this current then opposed the change in the magnet’s field, resulting in the magnet being repelled and thus falling more slowly. Neat.
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HAHA… ok Hemant Mehta (of FriendlyAtheist.com) toooootally got me in this +The Atheist Voice video. I didn't click play and was looking in the doobley doo on the YouTube video for what he was going to talk about.
This is awesome… Neil deGrasse Tyson is such a great front man for the world of science and listening to him as he explains why Stephen Hawking is the ultimate badass of the science world is crazy fun.
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