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Question 1

Gallium Anomaly

Answer 1

Gallium degrades into Germanium but some Germanium neutrinos seem to be missing or error in experiments. New type or flavour of Neutrino? Sterile Neutrinos?

Question 2

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Answer 2

Dragon Spacecraft (Space X)

Question 3

This microscopic animal is also known as a water bear or a moss piglet.

Answer 3

Tardigrade

Question 4

Ameloid Protein

Answer 4

Alzheimer

Question 5

These are a subtype of glial cells that make up the majority of cells in the human central nervous system (CNS). They perform metabolic, structural, homeostatic, and neuroprotective tasks such as clearing excess neurotransmitters, stabilizing and regulating the blood-brain barrier, and promoting synapse formation

Answer 5

Astrocytes

Question 6

Name the dendritic cell that originates in bone marrow.

Answer 6

Dendrocyte

Question 7

Protocol to ban HCFCs to protect ozone.

Answer 7

Montreal Protocol

Question 8

Cancer Alley … Ethylene Oxyde, a carcinogen petri-chemical

Answer 8

Louisiana

Question 9

the study of heritable traits, or a stable change of cell function, that happen without changes to the DNA sequence.

Answer 9

Epigenetics

Question 10

Who coined the term “scientist” in 1834 (originally meant as a derogatory term)?

Answer 10

William HEWELL