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A. The largest and most advanced B. A team of Stanford researchers has C. Scientists from Un1vers1ty of Texas
spacecraft ever sent to another planet, created the first synthetic matenal that IS Med1cal Branch at Galveston tested av1d
landed successfully on Mars 1n August 2012. both self-healing at room temperature video gamers 1n h1gh school and college
The "Curiosity" robot IS equipped with and sens1t1ve to touch-a breakthrough aga1nst a group of 1ts medical res1dents to
technology that could potentially that could be used to enhance prosthetiCS compare surgical capability. The study used
pave the way for human exploration. or could even be used for human-like robot a machme that replicated surgery techn1ques
skin in the future to measure the users' competency. The
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D. In 2012, Scientists took an Important
step towards helping visually 1mpaired E. The lnternationall~st1tute for Species
people lead mdependent lives. An Exploration at Anzona State University F. In 2012, seven baby panda cubs were
Australian woman rece1ved a bionic eye announced its list of top 10 newly born 1n a 3-month t1me span at a research
transplant at the Royal V1ctonan Eye and Ear discovered species for 2012. The list and conservation facil1ty 1n Sichuan Provmce,
Hosp1tal that partially restored her s1ght. Th1s mcluded a snub-nosed monkey that has a China. Th1s successful breeding IS hoped to
breakthrough could restore vision d1stmct1ve wh1te beard and sneezes when help th1s endangered species estimated to
for m1llions. it rains. have fewer than 1,600 left 1n the wild.