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The Electron

In Our Time: Science

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The Neutrality of Atoms

In each breath of oxygen, there are negatively charged electrons. The negative charge would be enough to ignite 1,000 bolts of lightning. But in the same breath is also this perfectly counterbalancing positive charge. So every breath you take proves this neutrality of atoms and it's one of the great mysteries that we still don't have a complete answer to. Victoria Coulton: "This strange duality of the world I'll go deeper into"

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