STEM breakthroughs
This law states that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction, meaning matter cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
This statistical term describes how much the data points in a dataset differ from the mean.
What is standard deviation?
This practice claims that the positions of planets and stars at birth influences personality, but science does not support this.
What is Astrology?
This is the group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment and is used for comparison.
What is the control group?
This field helps explain why you rehearse fake arguments in the shower and cringe at embarrassing moments from the 7th grade.
What is psychology?
This scientist discovered the electron.
Who is JJ Thompson?
In molecular biology, this terms refers to the process of converting RNA into a complementary DNA strand.
What is reverse transcription?
The animal involved with the famous thought experiment made by Erwin Schrödinger.
What is a cat?
This research design is used when researchers manipulate one or more variables to determine the effect on a dependent variable, often using control groups.
What is an experimental design?
Designing spacecraft propulsion systems and analyzing aerodynamics are key areas of this field.
What is aerospace engineering?
This scientist’s X-ray crystallography images helped Watson and Crick determine DNA’s structure.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This quantity, measured in volts, is used to measure the electric potential difference between two points in a circuit or field.
What is voltage?
This is a pseudoscientific belief that extreme dilutions of substances can cure diseases.
What is homeopathy?
This biomedical imaging technique uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of soft tissues.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
Investigating how cells communicate, divide, and regulate gene expression is central to this area of research.
What is biochemistry?
The 2012 discovery of this particle at CERN confirmed the existence of the Higgs field, which gives mass to particles.
What is the Higgs boson?
The time it takes in seconds for a red blood cell to make a full circuit around your body?
What is 60 seconds?
This planet in our solar system was demoted to “dwarf planet” status in 2006.
What is Pluto?
This common lab technique is used to separate DNA fragments by size using an electric field.
What is gel electrophoresis?
Extracting insights from large datasets using machine learning and statistical techniques falls under this discipline.
What is data science?
In 2023, researchers successfully transplanted this genetically modified animal’s kidney into a human, a major breakthrough in organ transplantation.
What is a pig?
This engineering principle, based on force and material science, allows bridges to remain stable while carrying heavy loads.
What is tension and compression?
This space exploration game, praised for its realistic orbital mechanics, allows players to design and launch rockets.
What is Kerbal Space Program?
This type of engineering analysis is used to stimulate real-world physical conditions on a computer model before building a prototype.
What is finite element analysis (FEA)?
Researching how the brain processes information, makes decisions, and supports cognition falls under this interdisciplinary field.
What is brain and cognitive science?