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January 27 2005

James Gunn , James Peebles , and Martin Rees are awarded the 2005 Crafoord Prize for their work on the large-scale structure of the Universe . (Science)

January 26 2005

Sun Microsystems released more than 1,600 Patent s to the Open-source community, following the release of the Source Code to Solaris 10 . (EcommerceTimes)

January 25 2005

Scientists at the University Of Manchester have developed a printer able to produce human Skin to help Wound s heal. (ManchesterOnline)

January 20 2005

Mars Rover '' Opportunity '' uses its Spectrometer s to prove that Heat Shield Rock is a Meteorite , the first to be found on another planet. (BBC) (Space.com)

January 17 2005

The Swift observatory images the first ongoing GRB with its X-ray telescope, after it automatically pointed itself towards the direction of the burst. (Spaceflightnow)

January 14 2005

The Cassini-Huygens mission delivers the Huygens Probe to Saturn 's moon Titan successfully. Radio signals received on Earth indicate that the probe survived the touchdown onto the surface of the moon. Data relayed by the Cassini orbiter has arrived on Earth and is currently being analyzed. (BBC)

January 13 2005

NASA 's MER-B ''Opportunity'' Rover on Mars spots what appears to be a metallic meteorite on the surface of Meridiani Planum . More investigation will be carried out to determine the object's nature. (Space.com)

January 12 2005

. The projectile released by the Spacecraft is scheduled to hit the comet on July 4 . (BBC) .

European researchers at the National Institute for Medical Research in London have discovered that a small change in a single gene (Trim-5alpha) prevents HIV-1 from replicating in monkeys. This suggests a new method of Gene Therapy for AIDS . (Abstract, Curr Bio) (NIMR Press Release) (EarthTimes)

Lowell Observatory announces the discovery of the three largest, though not heaviest, Stars to date. Each is 1500 times larger than our Sun . However, since they are Red Giant s at the end of their life, they are not very dense and are only 25 times heavier than our sun. (Lowell Observatory Press Release) (Preprint PDF file) (BBC)

Rat s can distinguish between languages with very different Intonation patterns. Spanish neuroscientists trained rats to distinguish between Dutch and Japanese speech. They are the third mammal, after humans and Tamarin monkeys, that has been shown to be able to do this. NYT APA Press Release

Palaeontologist s unearth a new species of Mesozoic Mammal '' Repenomamus Giganticus '' in China . ''R. giganticus'' would resemble a large Badger and fossilized stomach contents show that it ate small Dinosaur s. (Nature)

January 11 2005

IBM announces that it's donating 500 technology Patent s to Open-source groups. (Boston Herald)

January 10 2005

According to a study published in the Journal Of Nonverbal Behavior , people in Love are terrible at judging whether others are in love. (Oregon State University Press Release)

January 3 2005

Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka have reported that, despite the loss of human life in the Asian disaster, there have been no recorded animal deaths. (BBC) .

The devastating Earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean probably caused some Island s to move by several Metres . (BBC) .

The Silicon Chip is the most significant invention developed during the past 50 years, according to a Poll of CNN .com users. (CNN) .

NASA celebrates the first anniversary of the Spirit rover's landing on Mars . (Xinhua) (National Geographic) .