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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > February
> February 28,
2003:
Hour One: DNA Structure
Anniversary / Farewell Pioneer 10
Fifty years ago this Friday, Francis Crick told patrons of the Eagle
Pub in Cambridge that he and James Watson had 'found the secret of
life.'
That secret -- the structure of DNA -- would lead to a revolution
in biology and medicine. In this hour of Science Friday, Ira Flatow
and guests look back at the discovery, and at what it has meant to
science and the world.
Plus, a farewell to the far-flung Pioneer 10 space
probe. NASA hasn't heard from the probe since January 22nd, and
those signals were very faint. Officials at the space agency say
that after almost 31 years of operation, the craft's power generators
may have finally run dry.
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at left: the plaque sent
on board Pioneer 10, depicting the loaction of Earth and
some information about humans. NASA image. (larger
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Guests:
Victor McElheny
Author, 'Watson
and DNA: Making a Scientific Revolution' (Perseus, 2003)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Kathy Hudson
Director, Genetics and Public
Policy Center
Berman Bioethics
Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, DC
David Baltimore
1975
Nobel Laureate in Biology or Medicine
President, California Institute
of Technology
Pasadena, California
Larry Lasher
Project Manager, Pioneer
10
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
Watson
& Crick's 1953 Paper in Nature
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Anniversary Site
NY
Times: A Revolution at 50
AP
anniversary story (via CNN.com)
Human Genome Project
Science
Friday: June 2, 2000 - A Conversation With James Watson
Science
Friday: October 25, 2002: Rosalind Franklin
This segment produced by Charles
Bergquist
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