Science and technology

·     A science about substances, how they combine and react.

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The structure of … was deciphered in 1953, by Francis Crick and James Watson. In 1992, the first map of the human genome was produced in France, which would help scientists to treat some diseases that we inherit from our parents and grandparents.

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… was invented by a Scottish inventor John Logie Baird in 1926, and it was first demonstrated in Selfridges, a department store in London. It was built of old cans, bicycle parts, lenses, string and sealing wax.

Choose the correct item. All the verbs in brackets are in the Past Simple Passive.

In 1996 a sheep called ‘Dolly’ … (clone) by British scientists from a single cell that … (take) from a six-year-old female sheep.

It is a large container that uses electricity to keep food cold.

It is a portable personal computer that is small enough to be carried around and used where you are sitting. They are folded shut for transportation, and thus are suitable for mobile use.

It is a medicine that cures infections, destroying harmful bacteria. They are widely used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

The explosive was discovered by Alfred Nobel in the 1860s and became the first safe controlled explosive, stronger than black powder.

Who made many drawings of helicopters?

A.G.Bell invented ...

Thomas Alva Edison invented the first ...

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The world’s first practical four-wheeled … that was powered by a gasoline engine was designed and built in 1885 by Karl Benz. But the first cars were mass-produced by Henry Ford, after he introduced his Model T in 1910, which was the first affordable car.