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...that life is wildly beautiful as far as the eye can see. But it took the geniuses of our time to reveal how beautifully ordered life is deep down where we can't see it at all--in the molecular workshop where we become who we are. James Watson and Francis Crick did not discover the existence of DNA; they discovered its structure, which means they unveiled its power as well as its beauty. If you could uncoil a strip of DNA, it would reach 6 ft. in length, a code book written in words of four chemical letters...
...molecule is so beautiful," Watson once observed in a chat with TIME. "Its glory was reflected on Francis and me," and the two scientists have spent their lives since then trying to live up to its standards. They marveled that something so vital could be so simple and such a surprise. When they toasted their discovery in a pub one February night 50 years ago, Watson and Crick had no idea that not only biology but also the drugs we take and the machines we build, the food we eat and the choices we face when we decide to have...
...death. A woman who carries a mutation in the BRCA1 gene can have a seven times greater chance of developing breast cancer. Scientists in Utah last week announced the discovery of a gene that seems to predispose carriers to depression. We are learning these things in part because of Watson, who, having revealed the simplicity of DNA's structure, wanted to explore the complexity of its function. He helped persuade Congress to fund the Human Genome Project, an attempt to decode the more than 3 billion letters of the complete human genome. Under competitive pressure from nimble private scientists...
...position [Dean of Coeducation] could have even more influence over women’s lives, and the search process should reflect a deeper consideration about what the post really means and how it could be more effective,” said Rebeccah G. Watson ’04, vice-president of Radcliffe Union of Students...
...Watson says she now feels Lewis made the “right decision” with his appointment of Fox and feels confident that the committee is the right avenue for restructuring sexual assault resources within the administration...