- June 2007 in science
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2007 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →Events in science and technology
June 27 2007 *At a news conference in
Cairo , Egyptologists claim to have identified the 3,000-year-oldmummy of pharaoh/queenHatshepsut ,ancient Egypt 's most powerful female ruler. The DNA identification of the queen (whose mummy was originally discovered, but not identified, by Howard Carter in 1903) is being billed as the biggest archaeological find in Egypt since the 1922 discovery ofTutankhamun 's tomb. Some archaeologists, however, express strong scepticism about the possibility of using DNA technology to identify the queen. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6244516.stm (BBC News)]June 22 2007 *Space Shuttle "Atlantis" lands safely at
Edwards Air Force Base ,California , after inclement weather prevents a landing atKennedy Space Center ,Florida , endingSTS-117 . [http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2135759920070622 (Reuters)]June 15 2007 *
Switzerland opens the world's longest railtunnel on land, the 34kilometre Lötschberg tunnel under theAlps . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6755953.stm (BBCNews)]June 14 2007 *Repeated and persistent problems with the
navigation alcomputer s on theInternational Space Station makes the schedule for the return date ofSpace Shuttle Atlantis uncertain. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6752459.stm (BBCNews)] [http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1337907120070614 (Reuters)]June 13 2007 *A member of a new
dinosaur species , called "Gigantoraptor erlianensis", is published in Nature, that is described asbird -like in its features. Unexpectedly, thefossil remains point to theanimal 's size to be larger than 8 m (26 ft). [http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSHKG21565320070613 (Reuters)]June 8 2007 *The
Space Shuttle "Atlantis" launches with a crew of seven on an assembly mission to theInternational Space Station on missionSTS-117 . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6736379.stm (BBCNews)]June 4 2007 *The
United Nations UNEP publishes a report that warns that up to 40 percent of the world's population, that are depending onmeltwater as source fordrinking water , may be adversely affected byglobal warming . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6713139.stm (BBCNews)]June 1 2007 * A new law governing the safety of chemicals in the
European Union goes into effect. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6710527.stm (BBCNews)]References
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