Biology
Mitochondria
Newton's Second Law
F = ma
This Oriental practice in medicine claims to "restore the flow of Qi" through repeatedly stabbing the body, yet Asian parents still get irrationally angry.
Acupuncture
After decades of effort, this reaction was finally achieved by scientists (hint: this is the opposite of the reaction shown in Oppenheimer).
Nuclear fusion
This scientist discovered that when you don't move, you stay not moving (mindblowing).
Isaac Newton
Name one piece of evidence that supports the endosymbiotic theory (mitochondria and chloroplasts were originally independent, prokaryotic organisms)
Double membrane/70S ribosomes/Circular DNA/Independent replication
dark energy
The more you dilute a substance with water, the more potent it becomes. 🤯
Homeopathy
This battery is widely used to power electric cars.
Lithium-ion battery
This scientist first used the telescope to make astronomical observations.
Galileo Galilei
Although uncomfortable, fevers are integral to a body's fight against infection. What is the primary purpose of high temperatures in a fever?
inhibiting bacterial and viral growth and replication
This isotope is most widely used in nuclear power plants.
Uranium-235
This field of study involves observing the shape of the skull to predict one's personality and cognitive capacities.
Phrenology
This revolutionary technology is used to edit genes.
CRISPR-Cas9
This scientist is credited for discovering the helical shape of DNA using X-ray crystallography.
Rosalind Franklin
Many enzymes facilitate the process of DNA replication. What enzyme is responsible for "unzipping" the DNA double-strand? (BONUS included)
Helicase
Name three gases that are largely responsible for anthropogenic climate change in recent decades.
CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, CFCs, SF6, NF3,
In 1854, in an attempt to find a blood substitute, two doctors injected a patient with 12 ounces of this liquid. Surprisingly, the patient responded well, ultimately causing the next five patients undergoing the treatment to die.
Cows' Milk (Fun fact: after one patient stopped breathing, they somehow revived her with injections of morphine and whiskey)
This AI, released by OpenAI on July 2023, can create images from text prompts.
DALL-E 2
This scientist disproved the theory of spontaneous generation, the theory by Aristotle suggesting that life can spawn from nothing.
Louis Pasteur
Plant life is essential to maintaining atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Leaves absorb CO2 through these pores.
Stomata
Excluding photons, which are considered to be massless, this particle is estimated to be the lightest elementary particle.
Neutrino
After observing the shiny, rough moon, Austrian scientist Hanns Hörbiger proposed that the fundamental building block of the world was this material. Nazis, including Adolf Hitler, supported this cosmological theory as an alternative to the exiled Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
Ice ("World Ice Doctrine")
LASER stands for
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
This pair of scientists discovered that DNA was the material of inheritance, not proteins.
Hershey and Chase