The forgotten code cracker
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The scientific career of Marshall W. Nirenberg, the almost-unknown interpreter of the genetic code, is presented. His achievement is often attributed to Francis Crick, who discovered the double-helical structure of the DNA.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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Apocalypse deferred; a new accelerator at Brookhaven won't destroy the world after all
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There was some public alarm over the planned activation of Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. However, a team of physicists has declared the project safe.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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Evaluating the threat: Does mass biopanic portend mass destruction?
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The threat of bioterrorism is considered in terms of the technology of biological warfare and the early history of the use of biological organisms as agents of warfare.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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