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discover today?

100 years ago: The first virus was found in both


plants and animals.
90 years ago: The Grand Canyon became a
national monument & Cellophane is invented.
80 years ago: The food mixer and the domestic
refrigerator were invented.
70 years ago: The teletype and PVC (polyvinyl-
chloride) were invented.
60 years ago: Otto Hahn discovered nuclear
fission by splitting uranium, Teflon was
invented.
50 years ago: Velcro was invented.
40 years ago: An all-female population of
lizards was discovered in Armenia.
30 years ago: The computer mouse was
invented.
20 years ago: First test-tube baby born in
England, Pluto’s moon, Charon, discovered.
10 years ago: First patent for a genetically-
engineered mouse was issued to Harvard
Medical School.
5 years ago: The first successful cloning of
human embryo
“Never memorize something
that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary
evidence.”
― Carl Sagan
Engineering or technology is all about using
the power of science to make life better for
people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to
improve productivity, etc. N. R. Narayana
Murthy

We will always have STEM with us. Some


things will drop out of the public eye and
will go away, but there will always be
science, engineering, and technology.
And there will always, always be
mathematics.

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