Multiple choice general knowledge

Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

  1. Isaac Newton

  2. Albert Einstein

  3. Benjamin Franklin

  4. Marie Curie
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Explanation

Marie Curie, along with her husband Pierre Curie, discovered radium in 1898 through their research on radioactivity. They isolated the radioactive element from pitchblende ore and named it after the Latin word for ray. Marie Curie was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes.

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