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The first person to find a leprosy medication was a female scientist
Alice Augusta Ball was born on July 24, 1892 in Seattle, Washington, USA, whose mother is Laura, a photographer and her father is James P. Ball, Jr., a lawyer.
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The woman pioneered the use of mice for science
On a small white farm in Granby (Massachusetts, USA), Abbie EC Lathrop has raised many small animals: ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs and white mice.
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The fourth astronaut walking on the Moon died
Former astronaut Alan Bean died at a hospital in Houston, Texas, USA, on May 26, according to the BBC. The family said he was sick about two weeks ago and went quietly.
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Two 10-year-old prodigies want to build a space garbage cleaner
Two 10-year-old boys living in New York, USA, were awarded a $ 10,000 prize with the idea of reusing the Hubble space telescope into the collection of cosmic trash.
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Nobel Economics 2013 can go to Americans
This year's Nobel Prize in Economics will be awarded on October 14. According to analysts, American economists will still dominate the award this time.
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Meteorite hunter
Michael Farmer, 40, lives in Arizona (USA), often rushing back and forth around the world in search of stones from the universe.
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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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Three scientists receive Japan's highest award
Three scientists from the US, India and Japan have become the owners of the 2012 Kyoto Prize, the highest award of Japan awarded to outstanding scientists worldwide.
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Become a prodigy after being beaten
Jason Padgett - a person who lives in Tacoma City, Washington State, USA - does not have a doctoral, master's or any degree. In fact, he used to go to college but quit b…
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The truth about Darwin's death
At the annual medical press conference held in Maryland (USA), scientists speculated that British scientist Charles Darwin had Chagas disease when traveling around the w…
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UNESCO: 'Emerging countries take advantage of R&D'
According to a report by UNESCO, the science-technology picture is changing rapidly and emerging countries are taking advantage of this field.
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Vo Dinh Tuan - one of '100 contemporary geniuses'
Creator Synectics, a UK-based global business consulting firm, has just announced the list
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Albert Einstein: Humanist educator (Last term)
Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, USA, and enjoyed the life of 76 years. The memorial ceremony is simply organized within the most intimate friends. Accordin…
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John Pople Fathers computational theory in quantum chemistry
Pople was the one who developed computer techniques for checking and identifying chemical structures and details of matter. His work has a very wide range of application…
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Inheriting Beethoven's skull
Austrian-born Paul Kaufmann, now settled in Danville, California (USA), said last week that he had inherited the remains of talented composer Ludwig van Beethoven for 15…