Science & Technology
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Every Science & Technology article in the 2005 knowledge base. Use the topic filters to narrow by sub-topic.
Dover Trial Rejects Intelligent Design in Schools
On December 20, 2005, a federal judge ruled that Intelligent Design cannot be taught in public sc...
The Hwang Woo-suk Stem Cell Fraud
In December 2005, the celebrated South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk was exposed for fabricatin...
World's First Partial Face Transplant
On November 27, 2005, a surgical team in Amiens, France, performed the world's first partial huma...
Xbox 360 launch
Microsoft's Xbox 360 launched in North America on November 22, 2005 — the Tuesday before Thanksgi...
Guitar Hero launch
Guitar Hero launched on November 8, 2005, exclusively for the PlayStation 2, developed by Harmoni...
The Sony BMG Copy-Protection Rootkit Scandal
On October 31, 2005, security researcher Mark Russinovich revealed that Sony BMG music CDs silent...
Shenzhou 6 crewed spaceflight mission
China's second crewed spaceflight launched October 12 with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haishen...
Apple releases the iPod Nano
Apple released the iPod Nano on October 12, 2005, introducing a flash-based compact music player ...
Motorola RAZR V3 launch in North America
Motorola released the ultra-thin RAZR V3 flip phone in North America on September 23, 2005, revol...
Blu-ray and HD-DVD Format War Begins
On August 22, 2005, after two years of failed negotiations, Sony and Toshiba abandoned efforts to...
Discovery of Eris Announced
On July 29, 2005, a California Institute of Technology–led team announced the discovery of a dist...
STS-114: Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Flight
On July 26, 2005, Space Shuttle Discovery launched on mission STS-114, the first crewed U.S. spac...
Deep Impact Collides with Comet Tempel 1
On July 4, 2005, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft executed humanity's first intentional collision wi...
MGM v. Grokster: Supreme Court Rules on P2P Copyright Lia...
On June 27, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in MGM v. Grokster that peer-to-peer s...
Airbus A380 Makes Its First Flight
On April 27, 2005, the first Airbus A380 — the world's largest passenger airliner — made its maid...
PlayStation Portable (PSP) launch in North America
Sony released the PlayStation Portable on March 24 in North America at $249, establishing itself ...
English Wikipedia passes half a million articles
The English edition of Wikipedia passed 500,000 articles on March 18, 2005, cementing the free en...
Kyoto Protocol Enters Into Force
The Kyoto Protocol officially entered into force on February 16, 2005 — exactly 90 days after Rus...
Founding of YouTube
YouTube was created in early 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, three former emplo...
Google Maps launches
Google released Google Maps as a limited beta on February 8, 2005, introducing interactive web-ba...
Huygens Probe Lands on Titan
On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe completed humanity's first landing on Titan, Saturn's larg...