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The attraction and repulsion of magnets appears almost magical. Carol Tear looks at the physics behind this natural phenomenon

Attractive forces that work at a distance are not uncommon — for example, gravity or attraction due to static electricity — but strong repulsive forces are unusual in everyday experience, and so magnets can be fascinating. This YouTube video shows some effects with very strong neodymium magnets:

https://tinyurl.com/magnet-tricks

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