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Un scientifique

Un savant

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A scientist

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Les progrès scientifiques

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Scientific progress

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Les progrès médicaux

Les progrès technologiques

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Medical advances

Technological advances

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Prouvé scientifiquement

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Scientifically proven

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Le scientisme

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Scientism

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La physique

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Physics

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Un physicien

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A physicist

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La chimie

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Chemistry

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Un chimiste

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A chemist

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L’informatique

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Computer science

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Un informaticien

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A computer scientist

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La connaissance

Le savoir

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Knowledge

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Théorique

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Theoretical

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Une hypothèse

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An hypothesis

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Des données

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Data

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Des preuves

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Evidence

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Avoir la preuve de quelque chose

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To have proof of something

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Mettre une théorie à l’épreuve

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To test a theory

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Contester une idée

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To challenge an idea
To question an idea
To dispute an idea

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La recherche fondamentale

La recherche appliquée

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Basic research
Fundamental research
Applied research

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Faire des recherches sur un sujet

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To carry out research on a subject

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La recherche de pointe

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Cutting-edge research

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Un chercheur

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A researcher

A research worker

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Révolutionner

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To revolutionize

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Un brevet

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A patent

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Innover

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To innovate

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Un pionnier

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A pioneer

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Des conclusions

Des résultats

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Findings

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Une découverte

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A discovery

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Une percée

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A breakthrough

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Une étude

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A study

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Un article

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A paper

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Une revue scientifique

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A journal

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Une expérience

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An experiment

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Un phénomène

Des phénomènes

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A phenomenon

Phenomena

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Faire une expérience

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To conduct an experiment
To carry out an experiment
To make an experiment

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Faire des expériences sur des souris

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To experiment on mice

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Un laboratoire

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A laboratory

A lab

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39
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Un cobaye

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A guinea pig

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Recherche et développement

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Research and development

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Mettre au point
Élaborer
Concevoir

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To develop
To design
To devise

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Un appareil
Un dispositif
Un mécanisme

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A device

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La technique

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Technique

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Technique

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Technical

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Un technicien

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A technician

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Une technopole

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A science park

A technology park

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La technophobie

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Technophobia

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Un moteur

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An engine

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Un ingénieur

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An engineer

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L’ingénierie

Le génie

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Engineering

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Le génie civil

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Civil engineering

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La robotique

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Robotics

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L’électronique

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Electronics

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Dernier cri

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State-of-the-art

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Un téléphone portable

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A mobile phone

A cell phone (US)

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Un appareil sans fil

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A wireless device

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Une gène

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A gene

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Le génome humain

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The human genome

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La cartographie du génome

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Genome mapping

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Carte génétique

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Gene map

Genetic map

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Un généticien

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A geneticist

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L’eugénisme

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Eugenics

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L’ADN

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DNA

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Une empreinte génétique

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A DNA print

A genetic print

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Un prélèvement d’ADN

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A DNA sample

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L’analyse ADN

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DNA analysis

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Profil génétique

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Genetic make-up

Genetic profile

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Le dépistage génétique

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Genetic screening

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Subir un prélèvement d’ADN

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To be DNA-swabbed

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La thérapie génique

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Gene therapy

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Le clonage

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Cloning

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Un organisme génétiquement modifié

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A genetically modified organism

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Les OGM

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GMOs

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Une culture

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A crop

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Une culture OGM

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A GM crop

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La semence

Les graines

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Seed

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Le rendement

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Yield

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Une étiquette

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A label

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Étiqueter

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To label

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L’étiquetage

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Labelling

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Un avertissement

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A warning

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La traçabilité

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Traceability

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La chaîne alimentaire

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The food chain

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La conquête de l’espace

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The conquest of space

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La NASA

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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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L’Agence Spatiale Européenne

L’ESA

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The ESA

European Space Agency

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Un vol habité

Un vol inhabité

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A manned flight

An unmanned flight

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Une fusée

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A rocket

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Une sonde

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A probe

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Un vaisseau spatial

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A spaceship
A rocket ship
A spacecraft

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Une navette

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A shuttle

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Une station spatiale

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A space station

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Lancer

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To launch

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Le compte à rebours

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The countdown

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Propulser

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To propel

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Le combustible pour fusée

Le propergol

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Propellant

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Être en orbite

Se mettre en orbite

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To be in orbit

To go into orbit

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Mettre un satellite en orbite

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To put a satellite into orbit

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Atterrir

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To land

To touch down

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Alunir

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To land on the moon

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L’apesanteur

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Weightlessness

Zero gravity

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La micro-gravité

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Microgravity

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Une retombée

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A spin-off

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Le tourisme dans l’espace

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Space tourism

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Le GPS

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Satnav
Global positioning system
GPS

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Un OVNI

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An unidentified flying object

A UFO