Science Fiction
CONTRARY TO LOCAL FOLKLORE, THE MAGLAB’S WORLD RECORD MAGNETS HAVE NO EFFECT ON THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS
What are hurricanes?
1000 meters
What is a kilometer?
IT’S ONE OF TWO MAGLAB FACILITIES WITH MAGNETS THAT ARE ORIENTED WITH HORIZONTAL BORES FOR EASIER SAMPLE INTRODUCTION
What is ICR or AMRIS?
GREEK FOR LITERALLY “OPPOSING LIFE”, THESE DRUGS ARE USED TO FIGHT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
What are antibiotics?
A ROUND TUBE YOU SPIN AROUND YOUR WAIST
What is a hula hoop?
THIS CAN, AND OFTEN DOES, STRIKE THE SAME PLACE TWICE OR EVEN 23 TIMES PER YEAR IN THE CASE OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
What is lightning?
WHEN REFERRING TO THIS TEMPERATURE UNIT ABBREVIATED K, JUST USE THE NAME OF THE UNIT, NO “DEGREES”
What is Kelvin?
THE HIGH B/T FACILITY MEETS THE NEEDS OF USERS WISHING TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS AND AT TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THIS TWO-WORD TERM FOR 0 K (-459.67 ○F)
What is absolute zero?
THESE OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES ARE USED TO TREAT ALLERGIES
What are antihistamines?
THIS CLASSIC CHILD’S TOY IS MADE OF FLOUR, WATER, AND SALT
What is play-doh?
TURKEY MEAT IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH IN THIS, AND DOES NOT CAUSE MORE DROWSINESS THAN OTHER FOODS
What is tryptophan?
THIS UNIT OF MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE SERBIAN-AMERICAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER THAT BROUGHT US ALTERNATING CURRENT
What is a tesla?
THINGS LIKE X-RAY OR CT SCANS ARE VERY GOOD A LOOKING AT SOLID MATTER LIKE BONES, BUT THIS SPECIALTY OF THE AMRIS FACILITY IS BEST FOR LOOKING AT SOFT TISSUES LIKE MUSCLES AND BRAINS
What is MRI?
YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMMERCIALS FOR THIS CLASS OF DRUGS MEANT TO STIMULATE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
What are antibodies or monoclonal antibodies?
IN THE GAME OF QUIDDITCH, THIS BALL IS CHASED BY THE SEEKER
What is the snitch?
HUMAN BLOOD IS THE SAME COLOR INSIDE YOUR BODY AS IT IS OUTSIDE -- RED, NOT BLUE --THANKS TO THIS PROTEIN
What is hemoglobin?
THIS CHEMISTRY UNIT REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES IN A SYSTEM AND SHARES ITS NAME WITH A BLIND SUBTERRANEAN MAMMAL
What is a mole?
THIS NEW MEXICO FACILITY DEVELOPS AND MAINTAINS MAGNETS THAT REACH THE HIGHEST FIELDS IN THE WORLD - UP TO 100 T - FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND
What is the Pulsed Field Facility?
A PENETRATING FORM OF HIGH-ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION RANGING IN WAVELENGTH FROM 10 PICOMETER SO 10 NANOMETERS, AND IS USED IN SEVERAL MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES?
What are X-rays?
IN CHESS, THIS PIECE CAN ONLY MOVE DIAGONALLY
What is a bishop?
THERE WAS NEVER REALLY ANY DANGER FROM THIS ACCELERATOR, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP PEOPLE FROM SPECULATING THAT IT MIGHT DESTROY THE WORLD BY CREATING A BLACK HOLE
What is the Large Hadron Collider?
THE UNIT OF FREQUENCY, CYCLE PER SECOND, WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR
Who was Heinrich Hertz?
IN A GIVEN MONTH, THIS FACILITY MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 10 PERCENT OF ALL OF TALLAHASSEE'S ELECTRICAL USAGE
What is the DC Field facility?
THE FIRST OF THIS TYPE OF VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED AGAINST THE DEADLY EBOLA VIRUS, BUT SINCE THE THAT VIRUS IS ONLY FOUND IN A LIMITED NUMBER OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES, IT HAD NO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. UNTIL THE PANDEMIC
What is mRNA?
THIS BATTERY POWERED BOARD GAME HAS PIECES CALLED “SPARE RIBS,” “WATER ON THE KNEE,” AND “FUNNY BONE”
What is Operation?