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CBS News One of the guests at President Barack Obama s State of the Union address is responsible for a major breakthrough in the battle against cancer -- and he s not even old enough to vote.First lady Michelle Obama invited a number of people to sit with her during the president s address. Among them was 16-year-old Jack Andraka,
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stanley website notubes -- and has been since he was a pre-teen -- and he s come up with a way to use them to test for cancer in a way that experts hadn t even thought of.Last spring, Andraka won one of the world s most prestigious science awards, along with $75,000. And on Tuesday, Andraka sat in the first lady s box during the State of the Union address. You re like, Whoa there s the first lady, there s the president, oh my goodness. It was just so exciting, Andraka said of the experience. How he got there is a story that began tragically more than two years ago when a close family friend died from pa
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The traditional gargoyle is a horrendous creature who leers out of medieval church walls. But people have continued making gargoyles right up into the modern day, bringing science fictional flourishes to these fantasy creations. A Xenomorph on Paisley Abbey, Scotland, built in the early 14th century Many of the original gargoyles were replaced during the renovations in the early 1990s, so we ;re afraid that one of the stonemasons was in a funny mood.
https://youtube/watch v=-DZH_okC-Hc via Mark Harkin The Darth Vader grotesque at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C., sculpted by Jay Hall Carpenter, carved by Patri
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