September 4, 2005
- Gamma ray photons arrive at Earth from the most distant Gamma-ray burst known today, and are first detected by the Swift spacecraft. (YahooNews/Space.com)
- Scientists at the Wistar Institute claim to have isolated a set of genes in a species of lab mice that enable the mice to regenerate damaged or amputated limbs or organs. If true, this may be the first known success in enabling a mammal to regenerate tissues that it ordinarily could not. (Sunday Times), (The Australian)
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