1995 in science - Definition and Overview

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

Computer science

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

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.

Space exploration

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

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines
  • Chemistry - Paul J. Crutzen, 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

Births

Deaths

• April 2 - Hannes Alfvén (b. 1908), astrophysicist.
• June 23 - Jonas Salk (b. 1914), medical researcher.