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2000 in science
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The year 2000 in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are included below.
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Astronomy and space exploration
- April 7 - Mars Odyssey is launched.
Biology
- The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae's genome is sequenced.
Awards
- Nobel Prizes
- Turing Award: Andrew Yao
- Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Sefton Fyfe
Births
Deaths
- May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov (b. 1933), cosmonaut
- September 20 - Gherman Titov (b. 1935), cosmonaut
- October 4 - Michael Smith (b. 1932, chemist, 1993 Nobel Prize winner
Last updated: 03-01-2005 15:05:38