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Which of the following major technological achievements did not occur at the end of the twentieth century?
  1. Construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas
  2. Completion of the Human Genome Project
  3. Creation of the Internet
  4. The proliferation of mobile telephony
Explanation
Answer: A - The Superconducting Super Collider was never completed. The SSC was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator by many degrees of magnitude, but after ten years of work the projected cost ballooned from $4 billion to over $12 billion and was canceled.
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