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1970s: New government laws are being passed to restrict water and air pollution and to protect forests and endangered species.
Today: Few new environmental laws are passed; instead, existing laws are repealed as being unfair to local businesses.
1970s: The activities of cells are considered to be among nature’s greatest mysteries.
Today: Even with the recent completion of the Human Genome Project, all questions about cellular activity are not answered; however, scientists have a good sense of how information is transmitted throughout...
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