Unlike Marie Curie, whose two Nobel Prizes were awarded in different scientific fields, Frederick Sanger's two Nobel wins were both in which single category?

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Which scientist earned two separate Nobel Prizes in Chemistry — one for sequencing a protein and one for sequencing DNA?

Frederick Sanger won two separate Nobel Prizes in Chemistry for determining protein and DNA sequences—one of only four people ever.

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During which conflict did Rita Levi-Montalcini secretly conduct the chicken embryo research that led to her Nobel Prize discovery?

Rita Levi-Montalcini discovered nerve growth factor while hiding from Nazis in a Italian farmhouse, conducting experiments with chicken embryos.

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Marie and Pierre Curie discovered which two radioactive elements?

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person ever to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

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What is the name of the process by which plants lose water vapor through small pores in their leaves?

A single large oak tree can transpire over 40,000 gallons of water into the atmosphere in a single year — roughly enough to fill a backyard swimming pool.

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Fingernails tend to grow fastest on which hand, due to increased blood circulation from more frequent use?

Human fingernails grow faster in summer than winter, and faster on your dominant hand due to increased blood circulation from use.

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Which icy moon of Saturn did NASA's Cassini spacecraft find spewing ocean geysers laced with organic chemicals?

Cassini-Huygens found organic chemicals in Saturn's moon Enceladus's ocean geysers, suggesting life conditions exist within our own solar system.