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    13 Ways DIY Science Triumphed In 2013

    Because sometimes you don't need a PhD to change the world.

    1. Best father ever builds son a new hand with a 3D Printer

    2. 13-year old outsmarts lions with bright invention

    3. 80,000 people around the world help to map retinal neurons

    4. Amateur astronomers contribute to Mars missions

    5. Citizens combat climate change by participating in science

    6. iPhone microscopes are used to diagnose intestinal worms

    7. Concerned residents send a robot to save a polluted canal

    8. DIY biology continues to flourish

    9. Magic STEM buses help kids do science everywhere

    10. Citizen scientists help protect threatened species

    11. African inventor creates a 3D printer out of garbage

    12. DIY kit allows amateurs to listen to neurons

    13. Citizen space travel becomes a real thing

    The future is what we make it. What are you waiting for? Get out there & do some...