This TED Talk features scientist Anushka Nyaknawere,

recorded live at TED Women 2017.

Ever since I was young girl, I was always fascinated.

Oh.

Okay, I meant younger and more short,

if that's possible to imagine.

But ever since I was a young girl,

I was always fascinated with how the world worked exactly how it did.

So this, very early on,

led me to the fields of mathematics and chemistry.

I would keep going further and further,

and as I kept going,

I realized that all the fields of science are interconnected,

and without one, the others have little or no value.

So, inspired by Marie Curie and my local science museum, I decided to start asking these questions myself

and engage in my own independent research,

whether it be out of my garage or my bedroom.

I started reading journal papers,

started doing science competitions,

starting participating in science fairs,

doing anything I could to get the knowledge that I so desperately wanted.

So while I was studying anatomy for a competition,

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