I saw it first! In science you can really say this. Imagine discovering a new planet, working out how the brain functions or unveiling a fossil of an as yet unknown creature that has lain beneath the earth since long before humans were walking around on it. Improve the lot of human kind; solve the impending energy crisis; develop funky new recyclable materials, or find a cure for cancer. In science you get to ask the questions and then find out the answers. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discovered what she thought were little green men – it turned out to be one of the most important discoveries in astrophysics. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ whos_who_level2/bell.html

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