Scientists at the
Max Plank Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany are studying snail slime to understand its various nature, which may lead to medical applications in the future. A short
All Things Considered (NPR) story "
Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment" (3':30") by Ari Daniel gives all the details about this scientific endeavour. The NPR report can be recommended for B2 students with the script or C1 learners without script, who can pick up expressions like:
slime, to splatter, tubeworms, hagfish, a bucket, a colloid, an interface, to mesmerize, a brown-lipped snail, to tune, mucus, to seal [a wound], to deliver [a drug], a many hued [wonder], a nuance [of yellow], an array [of mucuses], sticky, slippery, to adhere, to glide, a foam, a pest, a [sticky] glue, a shell, to cling to [everything], the versatility, lichen, to coax, [twin] tweezers, to secrete, to trick, to tickle, stiff, to tweak, a catheter, to synthesize.
