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Japan used to build bombs flying across the ocean
During World War II, Japanese scientists used the power of the wind to build weapons capable of flying from Asia to the Americas.
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The first person to perform kidney transplantation in the world died
Doctor - surgeon Joseph Murray, who successfully performed the world's first kidney transplant, died at the age of 93 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Boston, USA).
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Chinese scientist sues the Nobel Council
A Chinese scientist filing a lawsuit for the Nobel Council awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine to two Japanese and British scientists, ruining his reputation in th…
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Japanese scientist and stem cell story
Stem cell researcher, Professor Shinya Yamanaka, who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in December 7, showed his determination to use artificial multipurpose stem ce…
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Top 10 science stories of 2012
Super hurricane, Mars, God's beads ... The field of world science in the past 12 months has passed Time magazine through the most memorable events, stories and discoveri…
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The father of the barcode label died
Norman Joseph Woodland - one of two American scientists who invented the barcode set - died of Alzheimer's disease and other complications in the elderly.
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Reversing the most cultivated science scam in history
This is a detective story about a case that existed hundreds of years ago: the falsification of a lost link in human evolution has not been revealed for decades.
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Turn over the most shocking murder case of the 20th century
The case occurred in 1959 in Holcomb, Kansas (USA), the victim was the Clutter family, consisting of a couple and two children.
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Mayan descendants struggle to survive
At its peak, Maya was one of the wealthiest civilizations in the Americas, but the Mayan and Central American and Mexican societies now face discrimination, exploitation…
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The number of inventors will decrease because of the Internet
A leading UK inventor warns that excessive human dependence on the Internet will make our creative ability plummet.
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Southeast Asia should learn Chinese technology strategy
Investing heavily in science and technology is a strategy that helps China rise strongly and Southeast Asian countries should study that strategy, the Organization for E…
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The father of the AK-47 must be hospitalized
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the assault rifle legendary AK-47, was hospitalized for special care.
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9 most outstanding scientific figures in 2012
The first astronaut to set foot on the moon or six earthquake prison experts in Italy are among the BBC's most representative faces this year.
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The oldest Nobel laureate died
Rita Levi-Montalcini, the first Nobel laureate to survive the age of 100, died in Rome on December 30.
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Abel and the Abel Prize
Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) was a Norwegian mathematician who contributed to the development of Algebra and Calculus.