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April 29, 2016

Strange But True!

Q. Though one antedates the other by almost 200 years, what's an amazing similarity between a stethoscope and a smartphone?

A. As of 2014, there were some 7 billion cellphones in use worldwide, with each serving as a potential mobile medical clinic, “an opportunity to diagnose, track and ultimately prevent disease,” reports Kalee Thompson in Time magazine's special edition on Great Scientists.


 
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