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HRC Remembers Frank Kameny One year ago, the LGBT community lost equality pioneer Frank Kameny, a man whose tireless activism blazed a trail for the entire LGBT community. In 2009, the U.S. government issued a formal apology to Kameny for his dismissal as a U.S. government astronomer, calling his...

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NASA Astronomer Named MacArthur Fellow Physicist...coronagraphy expert...planet hunter. Now JPL astronomer Olivier Guyon can add a new title to his list: genius. Guyon has been named one of the 2012 MacArthur Fellows, a prestigious award popularly known as the "genius grant." The $...

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Tributes have been paid to internationally renowned scientist Professor Keith Campbell, who has died at the age of 58. Professor Campbell was instrumental in the creation of Dolly the Sheep, the first cloned mammal, a breakthrough which paved the way for the successful cloning of many other mamma...

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John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932, in Ottawa, Kansas, USA) is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. Read more

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Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin (1775-1847), born Labrosse, was a French balloonist and parachutist. She was the wife of André-Jacques Garnerin, a hydrogen balloonist and inventor of the frameless parachute. Labrosse first flew on 10 November 1798, one of the earliest women to fly in a balloon. She s...

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Albert Nikolayevich Shiryaev (born October 12, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is known for his work in probability theory, statistics and financial mathematics. Read more

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Agnes (Aggie) MacKenzie (born 12 October 1955), is a Scottish television presenter. Read more

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Dickinson brings love of astronomy to the people Terence Dickinson is renowned throughout Canada for his knowledge as an astronomer, and for his ability to make that knowledge accessible to the general public. Dickinson will be on hand to give tours of the night sky at the L&A County Dark Sky Vie...

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Chinese author Mo Yan has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature. Read more

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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she is the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. Read more [spoiler][video=http://www.youtube.com/wat...

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The Duke of Zhou: The man who was Confucius's hero Three thousand years ago, the Duke of Zhou set China a glowing example. A paragon of virtue, he spelled out a philosophy of a ruler in harmony with heaven that inspired Confucius, and came to fill the ideological vacuum left behind by Chairman Mao. [url...

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Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English actor, musician, and occasional television presenter, best known as the bassist in the New Wave band Spandau Ballet, as well as for his portrayal as Steve Owen from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Read more

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Henry Cavendish FRS (10 October 1731 - 24 February 1810) British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. Cavendish is noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". Read more

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Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94 Peter T. Demos, a nuclear physicist who guided MIT's Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea in 1961 to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions, died of coronary artery disease on Sept. 18. A longtime reside...

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Karl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a German physicist. He is also the father of astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild. Read more

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	Frank Kameny (1925 - 2011) (Preview) HRC Remembers Frank Kameny One year ago, the LGBT community lost equality pioneer Frank Kameny, a man whose tireless activism blazed a trail for the entire LGBT community. In 2009, the U.S. government issued a formal apology to Kameny for his dismissal as a U.S. government astronomer, calling his...	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 19:47 2012 by Blobrana
	Olivier Guyon (Preview) NASA Astronomer Named MacArthur Fellow Physicist...coronagraphy expert...planet hunter. Now JPL astronomer Olivier Guyon can add a new title to his list: genius. Guyon has been named one of the 2012 MacArthur Fellows, a prestigious award popularly known as the "genius grant." The $...	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 12:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Keith Campbell (1954-2012) (Preview) Tributes have been paid to internationally renowned scientist Professor Keith Campbell, who has died at the age of 58. Professor Campbell was instrumental in the creation of Dolly the Sheep, the first cloned mammal, a breakthrough which paved the way for the successful cloning of many other mamma...	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 06:39 2012 by Blobrana
	John Griggs Thompson (Preview) John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932, in Ottawa, Kansas, USA) is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 05:30 2012 by Blobrana
	Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin (1775-1847) (Preview) Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin (1775-1847), born Labrosse, was a French balloonist and parachutist. She was the wife of André-Jacques Garnerin, a hydrogen balloonist and inventor of the frameless parachute. Labrosse first flew on 10 November 1798, one of the earliest women to fly in a balloon. She s...	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 05:27 2012 by Blobrana
	Albert Shiryaev (Preview) Albert Nikolayevich Shiryaev (born October 12, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is known for his work in probability theory, statistics and financial mathematics. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 05:26 2012 by Blobrana
	Aggie MacKenzie (Preview) Agnes (Aggie) MacKenzie (born 12 October 1955), is a Scottish television presenter. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 05:29 2012 by Blobrana
	Terence Dickinson (Preview) Dickinson brings love of astronomy to the people Terence Dickinson is renowned throughout Canada for his knowledge as an astronomer, and for his ability to make that knowledge accessible to the general public. Dickinson will be on hand to give tours of the night sky at the L&A County Dark Sky Vie...	Blobrana	0	Oct 11 20:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Guan Moye (Preview) Chinese author Mo Yan has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 11 18:51 2012 by Blobrana
	Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (Preview) Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she is the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. Read more [spoiler][video=http://www.youtube.com/wat...	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 22:46 2012 by Blobrana
	The Duke of Zhou (Preview) The Duke of Zhou: The man who was Confucius's hero Three thousand years ago, the Duke of Zhou set China a glowing example. A paragon of virtue, he spelled out a philosophy of a ruler in harmony with heaven that inspired Confucius, and came to fill the ideological vacuum left behind by Chairman Mao. [url...	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 10:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Martin John Kemp (Preview) Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English actor, musician, and occasional television presenter, best known as the bassist in the New Wave band Spandau Ballet, as well as for his portrayal as Steve Owen from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 09:58 2012 by Blobrana
	Henry Cavendish (1731 - 1810) (Preview) Henry Cavendish FRS (10 October 1731 - 24 February 1810) British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. Cavendish is noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 09:56 2012 by Blobrana
	Peter T. Demos (Preview) Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94 Peter T. Demos, a nuclear physicist who guided MIT's Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea in 1961 to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions, died of coronary artery disease on Sept. 18. A longtime reside...	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 01:13 2012 by Blobrana
	Karl Schwarzschild (1873 - 1916) (Preview) Karl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a German physicist. He is also the father of astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild. Read more	Blobrana	1	Oct 9 07:01 2012 by Blobrana
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