Word: researchâ
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...even when science was attracting little popular interest, plenty was going on. Investigators were making enormous strides, especially those involved in basic research???inquiries with no immediate practical payoff. Some researchers were probing the inner secrets of the atomic nucleus; others, like Sagan himself, looked out to the mysteries of the planets and the stars. Still others discovered how the earth's surface, found to be unexpectedly mobile, has been shaped and reshaped over the ages. Perhaps most startling of all were the explorations on the very frontiers of life. For the first time, scientists were beginning to understand...
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