100 Discoveries

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Discovery 10. Geological Change (1830s) 6. Troposphere and Stratosphere (1890s) 1. Earth's Core (1906) 9. Magnetic Field Reversal (1906) 11. Radiometric Dating (1907) 3. Continental Drift (1911) 8. Cosmic Radiation (1911 onward) 2. Earth's Inner Core (1930s) 12. Periodic Ice Ages (1930s) 4. Seafloor Spreading (1950s – 1960s) 5. Plate Tectonics (1960s) 7. Global Warming (late 20th century)

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10. Geological Change (1830s) 1. Earth's Core (1906) 11. Radiometric Dating (1907) 8. Cosmic Radiation (1911 onward) 12. Periodic Ice Ages (1930s) 7. Global Warming (late 20th century) 1800

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Discovery 1. The Planets Move (2000 B.C. – 500 B.C.) 2. The Earth Moves (1543) 3. Planetary Orbits Are Elliptical (1605 – 1609) 4. Jupiter Has Moons (1609 – 1612) 5. Halley's Comet Has a Predictable Orbit (1705 – 1758) 6. The Milky Way Is a Gigantic Disk of Stars (1780 – 1834) 7. General Relativity (1915 – 1919) 8. The Universe Is Expanding (1924 – 1929) 9. The Center of the Milky Way Emits Radio Waves (1932) 10. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (1964) 11. Gamma-Ray Bursts (1969 – 1997) 13. The Universe Is Accelerating (1998 – 2000) 12. Planets Around Other Stars (1995 – 2004)

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Discovery 1. The Law of Falling Bodies (1604) 2. Universal Gravitation (1666) 3. Laws of Motion (1687) 9. The Nature of Light (1704 – 1905) 13. Nuclear Forces (1666 – 1957) 4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics (1824 – 1850) 5. Electromagnetism (1807 – 1873) 6. Special Relativity (1905) 7. E = mc^2 (1905) 8. The Quantum Leap (1900 – 1935) 10. The Neutron (1935) 11. Superconductors (1911 – 1986) 12. Quarks (1962)

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Discovery 1. Human Anatomy (1538) 2. Blood Circulation (1628) 10. Vaccination (1796) 6. Germ Theory (1800s) 4. Anesthesia (1842–1846) 5. X-rays (1895) 3. Blood Groups (1902) 7. Vitamins (early 1900s) 11. Insulin (1920s) 8. Penicillin (1920s–1930s) 9. Sulfa Drugs (1930s) 12. Oncogenes (1975) 13. The Human Retrovirus HIV (1980s)

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Discovery 1. Rules of Heredity (1850s) 2. Genes Are Located on Chromosomes (1910 – 1920s) 3. Genes Control Biochemical Events (1930) 4. Some Genes Can Jump (1940) 5. DNA Is the Genetic Material (1928, 1944, 1952) 6. DNA Is a Double Helix (1953) 9. Restriction Enzymes (1950s – 1960s) 7. Cracking the Genetic Code (1960s) 8. RNA Conveys Genetic Information (1960s) 10. RNA Splicing (1976) 11. DNA Polymorphism (1985) 13. RNA Interference (1998) 12. Humans Have 20,000 to 25,000 Genes (2003)

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Discovery 6. Classification of Species (1735) 2. First Dinosaur Fossils Identified (1820s – 1840s) 7. Theory of Natural Selection (1858) 5. The Burgess Shale (1909) 3. Potential for Life Created (1953) 8. Australopithecus Afarensis or "Lucy" (1974) 4. New Life-forms Discovered Around Hydrothermal Vents (1977) 9. Laetoli Footprints (1978) 1. K-T Asteroid Theory of Dinosaur Extinction (1980) 10. Toumai skull (2002)

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Discovery 1. Microorganisms (1674) 13. Tropical Biodiversity (15th century to the present) 11. Photosynthesis (1770s) 2. The Cell Nucleus (1831) 6. Cell Differentiation (late 19th century) 4. Cell Division (1879) 5. Sex Cells (1884) 7. Mitochondria (late 19th century to the present) 9. Neurotransmission (late 19th to early 20th century) 10. Hormones (1903) 12. Ecosystem (1935) 8. The Krebs Cycle (1937) 3. Archaea (1977)

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