2020 ⟶ Oldest Known Land Animal Discovered in Scotland

Silurian millipede Kampecaris obanensis, the oldest known la...
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🦖 Richard Owen Coins the Term "Dinosaur"

The word "dinosaur" is coined by Richard Owen.⟶
Richard Owen Coins the Term "Dinosaur" (1841)
PaleontologyZoologyFossil DiscoveryNatural History
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

⚛️ Cockcroft and Walton Achieve Nuclear Fission by Proton Bombardment

Ernest Walton and John Cockcroft: Nuclear fission by proton bombardment⟶
Cockcroft and Walton Achieve Nuclear Fission by Proton Bombardment (1932)
PhysicsNuclear PhysicsExperimentationScientific Breakthrough
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧠 Discovery of Place Cells in the Brain

Place cells in the brain are discovered by John O'Keefe⟶
Discovery of Place Cells in the Brain (1971)
Cognitive ScienceMemory20th Century Science
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🐑 Dolly the Sheep: First Mammalian Clone

July 5: Dolly the sheep becomes the first successful cloned mammal.⟶
Dolly the Sheep: First Mammalian Clone (1996)
CloningGeneticsBiotechnologyBiology
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🐑 Dolly the Sheep Cloned at Roslin Institute

Roslin Institute: Dolly the sheep was cloned.⟶
Dolly the Sheep Cloned at Roslin Institute (1996)
CloningGeneticsBiotechnologyScientific Breakthrough
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🐛 Oldest Known Land Animal Discovered in Scotland

Silurian millipede Kampecaris obanensis, the oldest known land animal, is discovered in Scotland.⟶
Oldest Known Land Animal Discovered in Scotland (2020)
PaleontologyZoologyFossil DiscoveryEvolutionScientific Research
United KingdomUnited Kingdom