Antarctica: A continent mostly covered in ice, which sits in the southernmost part of the world.
anthropologist: A social scientist who studies humankind, often by focusing on its societies and cultures.
app: Short for application, or a computer program designed for a specific task.
archaeology: (also archeology) The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. Those remains can range from housing materials and cooking vessels to clothing and footprints. People who work in this field are known as archaeologists.
astronaut: Someone trained to travel into space for research and exploration.
atom: The basic unit of a chemical element. Atoms are made up of a dense nucleus that contains positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. The nucleus is orbited by a cloud of negatively charged electrons.
botanical: Having to do with the field of biology that focuses on plants. The scientist in this field is known as a botanist.
colleague: Someone who works with another; a co-worker or team member.
constituent: An ingredient or building block of some material.
cranial nerves: Any of twelve pairs of nerves that pass through openings in the skull to parts of the head, neck and torso. These nerves relay data between the brain and several such sensing organs as the eyes, nose, ears and tongue.
engineer: A person who uses science and math to solve problems. As a verb, to engineer means to design a device, material or process that will solve some problem or unmet need.
entanglement: (in quantum physics) A concept in quantum physics that holds that subatomic particles can be linked even if they are not physically near one another. Quantum entanglement can link the properties of things at great distances — perhaps at opposite ends of the universe.
excavation: (v. excavate) A site where someone has systematically removed earth or rock to uncover buried materials of value, such as bones or…
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