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G. Dr. Robert Lefkowitz (pictured), H. Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian I. NASA and Russia's space agency
of Duke Un1vers1ty, and Brian K. Kobilka, skydiver, JUmped from a helium balloon (Roscosmos) pushed ahead plans for
shared the Nobel Chem1stry Pnze for the1r nearly 128,000 feet above Earth 1n jom1ng the two teams for a yearlong
pioneenng stud1es on cell receptors, which October 2012. He set records for highest stay 1n space. Scott Kelly, a NASA
enable each cell to sense 1ts environment manned balloon fl1ght, highest parachute veteran and Russia's Mikhail Korn1enko
JUmp and greatest free fall speed The are scheduled to launch aboard a
2012 Nobel Prize Winners prev1ous sky d1v1ng record of 102,800 ft. Russ1an Soyuz spacecraft in the spring
The Nobel Peace Prize: was set 1n 1960 by Colonel Joe Kittinger. of 2015 They will spend a year aboard
European Union (EU) the International Space Station to
The Nobel Prize in Physics: determme the effects of such a long stay
Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland on the human body.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: ·~==~==-
Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
The Nobel Prize in literature: Mo Yan
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences:
Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley
K. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck L. In October 2012, residents found
Guatemala in November 2012 The h1gher ground as the water level
J. People lined up for the iPhone 5 release quake was the worst for Guatemala continued to nse m Leogane, Haiti
outside a SoftBank store 1n Tokyo, Japan, m decades and was followed by Leogane endured f1ve consecutive days
September 2012. The 1Phone is a huge about 30 aftershocks. The map shows of rain due to the aftermath of Humcane
money-maker for Apple, accounting for the ep1center of the quake was near Sandy. This caused serious flooding and
nearly half of all their revenue. Guatemala C1ty. cla1med many lives throughout Ha1t