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Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
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Original article citation: Nature 171," 737 - 738, (1953). - Categories: Biology
- Recommended by : Martin Fenner on 03/17/2008 08:23PM GMT
A classic paper, written in a clear language that is seldom found today. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Physics & Astronomy
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A search for life on Earth from the Galileo spacecraft
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Original article citation: Nature 365," (1993). - Categories: Physics & Astronomy and Biology
- Recommended by : Karl Ziemelis on 10/24/2007 11:27AM GMT
An inspired 'control experiment' in the search for extraterrestrial life - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Medicine
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War and peace at mucosal surfaces
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Original article citation: Nat Rev Immunol 4," (2004). - Categories: Medicine
- Recommended by : Laura Ferrero-Miliani on 10/21/2007 09:24AM GMT
It is an extremely well written article, fun to read and very thorough. It is my favorite article! - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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An invisible hand
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Original article citation: Nature 449," 665 - 667, (2007). - Categories: Anthropology
- Recommended by : Alexandru Tomescu on 10/17/2007 08:24PM GMT
Great summary of recent advances and the present state of linguistics hypotheses and research, and very nice depiction of the phylogenetic tree of Indo-European language. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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History
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http://spotlight.nature.com/products/bestofnature/papers/164
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Original article citation: Nature 396," (1998). - Categories: History
- Recommended by : Steven Corneliussen on 10/17/2007 07:53PM GMT
Whether or not slaveholder Thomas Jefferson paradoxically merits remembrance as history's greatest human rights idealist, and whether or not he fathered the last child of Sally Hemings, whom he owned under grotesque, perverted laws then in force, this genetic-science report contributed importantly to historical understanding by showing that _someone_ carrying Jefferson family DNA fathered the child. This scientific report contributed importantly even though Nature's misleading headline, "Jefferson fathered slave's last child," propagated misunderstanding worldwide by seeming plainly to invoke what neither the authors nor their text ever invoked: the full authority of science, alone, for what was actually a historical interpretation of molecular findings. The report is thus a classic in biohistory, and its headline a classic case study for science communicators. -Steven T. Corneliussen, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), Newport News, Virginia, USA - Comment on this subject: 1 comment made
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http://spotlight.nature.com/products/bestofnature/papers/162
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Original article citation: Nature 412," 894 - 897, (2001). - Categories: Technology & Inventions
- Recommended by : Timo Hannay on 10/10/2007 08:29PM GMT
Very clever and very geeky. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Chemistry
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Total synthesis of taxol
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Original article citation: Nature 367," (1994). - Categories: Chemistry
- Recommended by : Andrew Mitchinson on 10/10/2007 08:22AM GMT
This paper is one of the all-time classics of chemistry. The synthesis of Taxol, an anti-cancer drug, stretched the limits of organic chemistry and is still regarded as a monummental achievement 13 years on. Enormous skill is required to make molecules of this complexity, especially in the later stages of the synthesis, when only tiny quantities of material would have been available. This paper inspired a generation of organic chemists - what else can I say? - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Fluorescence detection in automated DNA sequence analysis
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Original article citation: Nature 321," (1986). - Categories: Technology & Inventions, Biology, and Medicine
- Recommended by : Chris Gunter on 10/09/2007 04:17PM GMT
This is a first description of using fluorescence technology to automate DNA sequencing, eventually resulting in the human genome sequence. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Human evolution writ small
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Original article citation: news@nature 431," (2004). - Categories: Anthropology
- Recommended by : Alison Muskett on 10/09/2007 03:34PM GMT
I'm no scientist, but I was fascinated by the idea of "hobbits" really existing (I guess partly from an interest in fantasy fiction like Lord of the Rings). This paper was big news too - it was all anyone was talking about for ages! - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
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Original article citation: Nature 409," (2001). - Categories: Biology and Technology & Inventions
- Recommended by : Chris Gunter on 10/09/2007 03:28PM GMT
It's the human genome! - Comment on this subject: 1 comment made
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