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The year 2008 involved numerous significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below.

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Events, discoveries and inventions

January

February

March

April

May

June

August

September

October

November

Prizes

Abel Prize

Nobel Prize

Deaths

19 March 2008: Arthur C. Clarke, a British futurist and science fiction author, dies aged 90. Clarke sm.jpg
19 March 2008: Arthur C. Clarke, a British futurist and science fiction author, dies aged 90.

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