Editing 1943 in science (section)

==Biology==
* July 21 – Living specimens of ''[[Metasequoia glyptostroboides]]'', the Dawn Redwood, previously known only as a [[Mesozoic]] [[fossil]], are located in China.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Jinshuang|last1=Ma|first2=Guofan|last2=Shao|title=Rediscovery of the 'first collection' of the 'Living Fossil', ''Metasequoia glyptostroboides''|journal=[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]]|volume=52|issue=3|year=2003|pages=585–8|doi=10.2307/3647458|jstor=3647458}}</ref>
* The [[University of Oxford]] acquires the nearby [[Wytham]] Woods which become an important centre for research into [[ecology]] in England.
* [[David Lack]]'s study ''The Life of the Robin'' is published in England.