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Pluto was discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. #NewHorizons carries his ashes. http://t.co/BHx6thIdCx

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#OnThisDay English Physician & Scientist, Edward Jenner, administered the first smallpox vaccination in 1796.

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In May of 1922, Nikola Tesla wrote an article in @PopSci magazine predicting a world with Skype and Facetime.

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In 1902, Theodor Boveri predicted that #Cancer was really a disease of the genome. https://t.co/RiJyfeBhu8

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"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction." -Rachel Carson

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100 years ago, graduate student Calvin Bridges showed that genes lie on chromosomes. https://t.co/9PzrhQJi79

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Established in 1665, Philosophical Transactions was the world's first and now longest-standing scientific journal.

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November 25th marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. https://t.co/6ZbEfWlgZn

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On this day in 1990 @NIH began the @HumanGenome Project. What took $3 billion to do then is now a mere $1000. http://t.co/9nQpYonIwF

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Homunculus: Many microscopists in the 18th century believed they saw a miniature fetus within the head of a sperm.

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"The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great the human mind shall never lack fresh nourishment."
-J. Kepler

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First map of the #MilkyWay, the results of William Herschel's 1785 paper on the construction of the heavens.

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Nikola #Tesla, inventor, electrical and mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist was born on this day in 1856.

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Sir Isaac Newton’s revolutionary work Principia was published #OnThisDay in 1687. http://t.co/Eflq496rX2

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In 1796 Edward Jenner, the "father of immunology" created the world's first vaccine, the #Smallpox vaccination.

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The first #PolioVaccine was made available to the public 60 years ago today. Thank you Dr. Jonas Salk!

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Mummified bodies reveal how #Tuberculosis ravaged the heart of 18th century Europe. http://t.co/k8qZpzWsZr

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Birds and Bees and Chemistry: How love works, according to science! http://t.co/mFmkgjEUcM #Valentines

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Charles Darwin was born on this day in 1809. Happy #DarwinDay! http://t.co/3eSl3ikj53

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The invention of the abacus, in a sense the first computer, is credited to the Chinese about 5,000 years ago.