1985
Medicine
United States
Polymerase chain reaction
Mullis devises a method to amplify tiny DNA samples exponentially.
Why it mattered
Underpins forensics, diagnostics and all modern molecular biology.
Information Age
1985
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
1985
Society
Birth of Brendan Deeney
Brendan Deeney, owner and creator of All of Human History, is born.
Why it mattered
The birth of the person who would later create and publish All of Human History.
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