Physicists have succeeded in creating analogs of magnetic monopoles, however, in exotic materials known as "spin ice."

物理学家们已经成功制造出磁单极子的对应物，然而，用的材料是叫做“自旋冰”的诡异物质。

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Since that pulls mass closer to the planet's spin axis, it causes the planet to rotate faster - just as an ice skater spins faster when she pulls her arms towards her body.

由于质量朝地球旋转轴靠拢，这就导致地球旋转速度加快- - -就像一个速度滑冰选手，当她把胳膊向身体收拢时就会旋转得更快。

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The scenario is similar to that of a figure skaterdrawing her arms inward during a spin to turn faster on the ice.

这一情景就像花样滑冰运动员在冰上旋转时，为了让自己旋转得更快，她会将手臂内曲。

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This is because of conservation of angular momentum, the same property that causes ice skaters to spin faster if they draw their arms in.

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