The Impact of Science and Technology

January 28, 1986, the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger did this.

Today consumer products such as microwave ovens, telephones, keyboard instruments, use these.

1990s - This was the voluntary linkage of computer networks around the world.

Using these, doctors can build three-dimensional images of different regions of the body.

Both the US and USSR - particular interest in this planet.

Smaller than contact lenses, silicon chips hold millions of these.

Fertilizers and pesticides often contain these that cause cancer and pollute the environment.

Scientists promoted fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield, disease-resistant strains of these

This US probe, landed on Mars in 1997, and provided spectacular results

Emphasis on this led to development of products that changed life for people across the globe

This is the chemical chains of genes that determine heredity.

Genetic engineering has led to this being bred into plants, reducing the need for pesticides.

Through this scientists introduce new genes into an organism to give that organism new traits

This orbiting telescope sends images of objects in the most remote regions of the universe.

Science and technology have led nations to become linked through:

The Soviets launched this, that put the first human in orbit around the Earth.

This U.S. probe provided in-depth information about Venus.

1998-U.S. shuttles and Russian spacecraft transported sections of this to be assembled in space

This was an attempt to increase food production worldwide.

The shuttle program was suspended after the fatal crash of this in 2003.

The linking of the globe through worldwide communications is made possible by the:

This US probe sent dazzling pictures of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune back to Earth.

1960s-70s, new technologies - more powerful microscopes, the laser, and this were developed.

This became a successful example of cooperation between U.S. and Soviet scientists.

These have become essential in most offices..

She would have been the first teacher in space.

Hereditary units that cause specific traits, such as eye color, in every living organism

This is working at home using a computer connected to a business network.

Miniaturization was made possible by these, that replaced the bulky vacuum tubes used earlier.

Genetics research has led to many breakthroughs, especially in this area.

The Internet, along with these, transmits information electronically to remote locations.

In the 1960s - the Internet was a method of linking scientists so they could exchange:

This is the creation of identical copies of DNA.

Since the 1960s, these have aided worldwide communications

1950s - the US and USSR competed in this.