Science and technology
1) Comic book activity
con‧sci‧en‧tious /ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs◂ $ ˌkɑːn-/
●○○ adjective
careful to do everything that it is your job or duty
to do
A conscientious
teacher may feel inclined to take work home.
a conscientious
and hard-working student
stroke of luck/fortune
something lucky that happens to you unexpectedly
In a stroke of
luck, a suitable organ donor became available.
ˈwitch-ˌdoctor
noun [countable]
a man who is believed to have magic powers and the
ability to cure diseases, especially in parts of Africa
→ medicine man
placebo
en‧do‧crine /ˈendəʊkrɪn $ -doʊ-/
adjective
medical relating to the system in your body that
produces hormones
- the endocrine glands
Conspiracy theories
keep a low profile
to not go to places or be careful not to do anything
that will attract attention to yourself or your actions OPP high profile
He’s not the
sort of politician to keep a low profile for long.
un‧no‧ticed /ʌnˈnəʊtɪst $ -ˈnoʊ-/ adjective,
adverb
without being noticed
- Elsa stood unnoticed at the edge of the crowd.
go/pass unnoticed
- His remark went unnoticed by everyone except me.
Nomophobia
Not Gnomephobia>XD
2) The Large Hadron Collider
What’s the large hadron collider?
The largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
The largest machine in the world.
What’s the CERN?
CERN: European organisation for nuclear research
Where is it?
Beneath the France–Switzerland border near Geneva , Switzerland
What do they do there?
Smash particle together at close to the speed of
light.
Particles are smash to pieces and those even smaller
particles that the CMS can detect is an enormous sense at the looks for the
fundamental blocks that form the universe. In particular dark energy and dark
matter.
What’s the Compact Muon Solenoid?
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment goal is to
investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson,
extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter.
What’s a cherry picker?
A cherry picker is a type of aerial work platform that
consists of a platform or bucket at the end of a hydraulic lifting system.
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