Word: crick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prove their point they enlisted 58 scientists to discuss what was unknown in their fields. The co-editors quickly discovered that "the more eminent they were, the more ready to run to us with their ignorance." Some of the contributors are indeed eminent: Molecular Biologists Francis Crick and Sir John Kendrew. Chemist Linus Pauling (all Nobel laureates), Anthropologist Donald Johanson, Astronomers Sir Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold, Physicist John Wheeler. The conundrums they pose are also notable. How did the universe come into being? Why do we sleep? How are galaxies formed? What is consciousness? Why does a species become...
...scientific community is bitterly divided about the unknown risks of genetic engineering. The wrangling has been public, and traditional scientific courtesy has all but vanished. Infuriated by unreasoning opposition to the new discoveries, James Watson-who, with Francis Crick, won a Nobel Prize for determining the double-helix structure of the DNA (for deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule-has labeled the critics "kooks," "shits" and "incompetents." One of his targets is fellow Nobel Laureate George Wald, who has supported efforts to ban recombinant DNA research at Harvard and M.I.T. Wald contends that instead of trying to find the roots of cancer...
...report's findings are highly technical and abstruse. But the names of the authors ensure that the paper will be taken seriously by scientists around the world. The team, which did its work at Cambridge, England, was led by Nobel Laureate Francis Crick, who with James Watson determined the structure of life's master molecule, DNA. His co-workers were Sydney Brenner, who discovered the "start" and "stop" signals in the genetic code; Aaron Klug, who first determined the crystalline structure of transfer RNA (tRNA), the molecule that brings amino acids to the ribosome for assembly into protein...
...them for five hours straight?with one five-minute bathroom break. Only water was served. "Before we won, we served Cokes," said Carter, the closest he came to humor. Reports one participant, Economist Arthur Okun: "He is totally able to banish anything, any mortal concerns, like a crick in the backside or thirst or hunger or anything else." Adds Economist Walter Heller: "We call him 'Iron Pants...
...before successfully. The two races have different physical demands-the 400 needs more speed, the 800 more strength-and because of the qualifying heats, require a runner to turn in seven world-class performances in seven days. None of this fazed Juantorena, whose biggest hazard might have been a crick in the neck-he kept looking over his shoulder for opposition...