May 4, 2005
- Norwegian-American engineer and philanthropist Fred Kavli has created three million-dollar prizes in nanotechnology, neuroscience and astrophysics. The Kavli Prizes will be awarded every two years from 2008 onwards. (Nature)
- Twelve new moons of Saturn are discovered. All but one are circling the planet in the opposite direction to its large moons. (Wikinews) (BBC)
- A new Therizinosauridae dinosaur named Falcarius utahensis is found in Utah. The fossil reveals that the species was omnivorous, which is unusual for the group of predatory dinosaurs that it belongs to. (Nature)
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