{"product_id":"maya-of-israel-the-girl-who-wants-to-know-what-happens-next","title":"Maya of Israel — The Girl Who Wants to Know What Happens Next","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaya of Israel — The Girl Who Wants to Know What Happens Next\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15     \u003cstrong\u003eRegion: \u003c\/strong\u003eMiddle East\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya has ruined three perfectly good shirts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer mother would like this included in any official description of her scientific career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“They weren't ruined.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“They have holes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Small holes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One has no sleeve.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“That was unrelated.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was not unrelated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya loves chemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot the chemistry where you memorize symbols from a chart and then reproduce them on a test.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe likes the part where one thing meets another thing and \u003cstrong\u003esomething happens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA color changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA crystal forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA liquid bubbles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomething that looked completely ordinary five seconds ago suddenly isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat, Maya thinks, is practically magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcept better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause magic never explains itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChemistry does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEventually.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're stubborn enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya is exceptionally stubborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe reads chemistry books meant for students several years older than she is, although she keeps a dictionary nearby because scientists apparently enjoy using twelve-letter words when four-letter ones would work perfectly well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer favorite question is:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“What would happen if—”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer mother has developed a response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“No.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I haven't even finished the question.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I know.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You don't know what I was going to ask.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I know you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is unfair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccurate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut unfair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya's first laboratory was the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was eight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was baking soda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was vinegar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was also considerably more foam than anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer father came running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer mother stood in the doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya stood on a chair holding an empty bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody spoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally her father asked, “What happened?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya considered this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The container was too small.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer mother closed her eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was apparently not the answer she wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, Maya's experiments have become more sophisticated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd considerably less likely to require a mop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMostly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe grows crystals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe tests the pH of soil from different parts of the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe once spent two weeks trying to determine why flowers placed in different solutions changed color at different rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer grandmother discovered six glasses of increasingly alarming liquid lined up on a windowsill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“What is this?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An experiment.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Can I drink any of it?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“No.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Can the cat?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“NO.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer grandmother nodded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Good experiment.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Maya's favorite experiments involve plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlants are chemistry factories pretending to be decorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey take sunlight, water and invisible gases from the air and somehow build themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis seems completely unreasonable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd wonderful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne afternoon, Maya is helping in the garden when she notices something strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo rows of the same flowers were planted at nearly the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne row is thriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leaves are smaller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome are yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone else sees disappointing flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaya sees a question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe takes soil samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabels them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTests them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTests again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen she marches into the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I know what's wrong.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer father looks 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