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391. What did John Logie Baird develop in the 1920s?
392. Which crop's failure caused the Great Famine in Ireland during the 19th century?
393. Sir Robert Watson-Watt was the inventor of what?
394. Which technology did Sir Robert Watson-Watt develop to detect enemy aircraft using radio waves?
395. Who built the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, once the world's largest?
396. What invention by Alan Turing laid the foundation for modern computer science?
397. Which Scottish physician co-discovered insulin, a key treatment for diabetes?
398. Who discovered the structure of DNA molecule and won the Nobel Prize?
399. Francis Crick is best known for co-discovering what?
400. Who designed the hovercraft, a vehicle capable of traveling over land and water, in the 1950s?
401. In which year did the Concorde, the supersonic passenger aircraft developed by Britain and France, first fly?
402. Who invented the cash-dispensing ATM, installed by Barclays Bank in Enfield, London, in 1967?
403. Which two British scientists pioneered IVF therapy, leading to the birth of the world's first 'test-tube baby' in 1978?
404. Which British scientist co-developed the MRI scanner?
405. What was the name of the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult in 1996?