1995 in science

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The year 1995 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.

Archaeology

January 18 - In southern France near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc a network of caves are discovered that contain paintings and engravings that are 17,000 to 20,000 years old.
Wes Linster discovers the first intact skeleton of Bambiraptor feinbergi.

Asteroid 6349 is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.
February: Project Phoenix begins looking for extraterrestrial transmissions using the Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia, the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere.

The genome of Haemophilus influenzae is the first genome of a free living organism to be sequenced.

January 30 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventative treatment for sickle cell anaemia.

The RELN gene and Reelin protein are discovered by Gabriella D'Arcangelo and colleagues, solving the mystery behind the formation of "inverted cortical layers" in the brain of reeler mutant mice, and sparking an avalanche of research into the Reelin's role in neurodevelopment.

March 22 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.

Daniel Ian Dugan

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