The Nobel Prize

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Science Physics

Albert Einstein was born

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Science The Scientific Method

Alfred Nobel signed the will that created the Nobel Prizes

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Human Body & Mind Genetics

CRISPR gene editing was borrowed from bacteria

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Human Body & Mind Genetics

DNA's double helix was revealed in 1953

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Science Physics

Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity

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Human Body & Mind Medicine & Disease

Insulin is first used to treat a diabetic patient

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Science Chemistry

Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of radium

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Science Physics

Marie Curie, the only person to win Nobels in two sciences, was born

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Science Physics

Albert Einstein died, leaving a transformed view of the universe

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Science Physics

Some metals conduct electricity with zero resistance

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Science The Scientific Method

The first Nobel Prizes were awarded

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Technology Computing & AI

The transistor — the device that built the modern world — debuted in 1947

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Science Physics

Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays by accident

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Human Body & Mind Medicine & Disease

Wilhelm Rontgen published his discovery of X-rays

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Food & Drink Agriculture

One agronomist's wheat is credited with saving a billion lives

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Human Body & Mind Medicine & Disease

Penicillin, the first antibiotic, was discovered by accident

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Science Physics

Einstein won his Nobel for light, not relativity

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Space Cosmology

The universe's expansion is speeding up, not slowing down

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Food & Drink Cuisine

Chili peppers feel "hot" because capsaicin hijacks a heat-and-pain sensor

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