1885: Louis Pasteur successfully tests his rabies vaccine on a human subject.

Pasteur, a French chemist and biologist, began closely studying bacteria while investigating the cause of souring in milk and other beverages. This led him to develop the process of pasteurization, where a liquid is boiled and then cooled to kill the bacteria that cause the souring.

Pasteur moved on into a more thorough study of bacteria, enabling him to prove that these microscopic organisms occurred naturally in the environment and did not simply appear spontaneously, as was then generally believed.

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The HDR-CX700V is Sony’s top-of-the-line consumer camcorder, and it’s fair to say that this sucker is loaded. Along with being able shoot 1920 x 1080 HD video at 60p, the HDR-CX700 has a whopping 96GB of internal flash memory and a Memory Stick Duo/SD Memory card slot if you want to add storage. Other noteworthy features include a 10x optical Sony G-series lens with a maximum wide angle of 26.3mm and a built-in GPS receiver for geo-tagging your HD footage.

As for low-light bona fides, the CX700V stacks up favorably, with a large, 1/2.88-inch CMOS sensor and a...