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* 1314011102 张倩 5 most incredible discoveries of2014 1. ANIMAL KINGDOM. Meet Dreadnoughtus, Biggest Dinosaur Yet (September): This year saw the emergence of the new king of the dinosaurs, at least in terms of size. Researchers in the Patagonia region of Argentina found a brute they named Dreadnoughtus, and theyre laying claim to it being the largest land animal whose size can be accurately measured. Its name has an appropriate meaning, too. 2. HEALTH HAPPENINGS. Huge Breakthrough in Quest for Type I Diabetes Cure(October): Theres no known cure for Type 1 diabetes—but a team at Harvard announced in October that after 15 years of research, it has successfully coaxed hu- man embryonic stem cells into ones that prod- uce insulin. When those cells were transferred to diabetic mice, they cured diabetes in less than 10 days. 3. THE BIG DIG: UNDER THE EARTH AND SEA: Investigators: Weve Got a Piece of Earharts Plane (October): Amelia Earharts vanishing has fascinated people for decades. At the end of October, a team investigating her disappearance reported with increasing confidence that it managed to identify a piece of her plane that was retrieved in 1991. The piece would also seem to indicate that Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan didnt crash but rather ended up as castaways. 4. HOW THINGS WORK: Antikythera Mechanism Continues to Amaze (November): This ancient astronomical calculator was the gift that kept on giving up more secrets in 2014. Researchers analyzing the astronomical calculators own calendar and comparing it to Babylonian eclipse records discovered that its story begins much earlier than previously thought. 5. SOCIETY AND CULTURE CLUB: Science Determines Catchiest Hit Song of All Time (November): Michael Jacksons Beat It, Survivors Eye of the Tiger, and ABBAs SOS were all contenders. But musicologists at the University of Amsterdam recently conducted a study to find out which song has morphed into the biggest earworm of all time. 单词总结 .emergenc