smart building / home - places that can be controlled via computer, interplanetary travel - travelling to other planets in space, nanotechnology - science of developing and producing extremely small tools and machines by controlling the arrangement of atoms and molecules, keyhole surgery - medical operation in which a very small hole is made in a person’s body to reach the organ or tissue inside, doomsday scenario - worst possible outcome, to foresee - to predict, mega-cities - very large city, usually with population of over 10 million, gridlocked - a situation where roads in a town become so blocked by cars that it is impossible for any traffic to move, genetically modified food / crops - foods derived from organisms whose genetic material has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally, gene therapy - changing genes in order to prevent disease or disability, to envisage - to imagine, designer babies - babies whose genetic characteristics are artificially created, cloning - making a genetically identical copy, drastic measures - severe actions that have noticeable effects, ergonomics - design of environments where people can work efficiently and comfortably, human genome - ‘map’ or index of all the genes in a human being, globalisation - the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide, nuclear family - a family of two parents and their 1-2 children, a global village - a single community covering the entire world, population explosion - rapid increase in population, to revolutionize - to change drastically, to emerge - to appear, be underway - to be happening; in the process, sustainable - maintaining balance between ecology & technology without exhausting natural resources,

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