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This excerpt was in the New York Times recently. I love all the science-y references. It reminds me of the affinity I feel for the element yttrium, an affinity built on nothing more than a 6th grade research project. I chose yttrium because I didn't know what it was, and neither did anyone else. I didn't even know how to pronounce it (y-t-t, what? Who put those letters together?) which made it all the more appealing. I was just that sort of kid. And now I'm just that sort of college student.