- #1464 3 decades 1960 to 1990
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- #1465 Science in 2 decades 1990 to 2010
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- #1466 Science last year in 2011.
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- 1970 - Electron microscope sees the atom
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- 1971 - Genetic information transplanted to correct genetic deficiency.
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- DDT pesticides are banned.
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- Mariner 9 orbits Mars.
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- 1972 - Nerve cells discovered to have sodium ion channels that gate electrical pulses.
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- Cygnus X-1 detected to have a Blackhole.
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- 1973 - Tomography used in cross sectional X-ray imaging.
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- First synthesized gene.
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- 1974 - Discovery the chlorofluorocarbons destroy stratospheric ozone.
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- J/psi particle discovered for existence of charmed quark.
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- 1975 - Restrictions placed on genetic engineering.
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- Lucy - 3,000,000 year old skeleton found in East Africa.
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- Jennifer is born.
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- 1977 - Fermi lab discovers the bottom quark.
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- In vitro baby born in England.
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- Koko, a talking gorilla has a sign language of 375 words, beats me.
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- 1979 - 3- mile island nuclear power plant accidents releases radiation.
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- 1980 - Mount Saint Helens volcano erupts.
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- Toxic shock syndrome linked to bacteria in tampons.
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- 1981 - NASA satellite detects depletion in stratospheric ozone.
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- AIDS breaks out among homosexual men. (Kaposis sarcoma and Pheumocystis pneumonia = AIDS ).
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- 1982 - RNA is an enzyme to trigger protein synthesis.
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- First permanent artificial heart implanted in a human.
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- 1983 - Astronomers detect accretion disk around the star Vega.
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- 1984 - Astronomers detect a Brown Dwarf to big to be a planet and too small to be a star.
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- 1985 - Genetically modified bacteria used as anti-frost for strawberries and tumor resistance for tobacco plants.
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- 1986 - Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine explodes in a meltdown.
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- Space Shuttle Challenger explodes killing 7 astronauts.
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- 1987 - Ozone destroying chlorofluorocarbons becomes outlawed.
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- Grains of shocked quartz crystals provide evidence of asteroid impact 65,000,000 yeare ago causing mass extinctions
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- 1988 - nothing happened
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- 1989 - Exxon Valdez dumps 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound.
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- 1990 - Hubble Space Telescope launched.
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