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Scientific Rhyme-a-rific

Science is more fun with some wordplay. In this game, we satisfy the science nerds and the word nerds with some clues to rhyming pairs of words. The catch? One of the words is a tricky scientific term — get ready for some "friction fiction"!

Heard in Sir Patrick Stewart: Brush Up Your Shakespeare

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