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The year 1995 in science and technology consisted of many events, including those below.

1 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 .

2 Computer science

• May 23 - The Java programming language was announced to the world.

3 Medicine

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

4 Space exploration

• March 22March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). There are 284 days remaining. Events 238 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors 1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Mass - Cosmonaut Valeri PolyakovValeri Vladimirovich Polyakov Born in Tula, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR on April 27, 1942. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut in Medical Group 3 on March 22, 1972. He retired as a cosmonaut on June 1, 1995. His original name was Valeri Ivanovic returns after setting a record for 438 days in spaceFor other meanings of the term space see space. Outer space (also called just space , as a name for a region, refers to the relatively empty parts of the Universe, outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. The term outer space is used to distinguish it.

5 Awards

• Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme commes
  • PhysicsList of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links Official site (source for all citatio - Martin L. Perl , Frederick ReinesFrederick Reines ( March 16, 1918 August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his detection of the neutrino in the neutrino experiment. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey and attended Stevens Institute o
  • ChemistryList of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External link http://www. se/chemistry/laureates/i - Paul J. CrutzenCrutzen (December 3rd, 1933 ) is a Dutch nobel prize winning atmospheric chemist. He is best known for his research on ozone depletion. He lists his main research interests as Stratospheric and tropospheric chemistry, and their role in the biogeochemical, Mario J. Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland
  • Medicine - Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric Wieschaus
• Turing Award - Manuel Blum
• Wollaston Medal for Geology - George Patrick Leonard Walker