I get back from Exeter later on today, but as it turns out will be departing up north for a short break from the heat of Phoenix. Blogging will recommence later this week.
Below is your Today in Science.
Events
2005 -Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris, a possible tenth planet.
Births
1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate
Deaths
1781 - Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician
1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
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