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Second Elizabethan Era: A World Remade with Science and Technology
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Between her coronation in June 1953 and her passing in September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II’s reign encompassed myriad advancements in science and technology. In the last 70 years we learned how to travel farther and faster, discovered how to communicate rapidly with people in remote places, and developed better understandings of the inner workings of our bodies and the precarious state of our environment. Perhaps in no aspect of humanity has the world changed more during Elizabeth II’s time on the throne than in the fields of science and technology. Learn more about other world-changing developments during the 70-year reign ...(100 of 1147 words)

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