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Examples
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Who said science used to be simple and has only become complex since 1953, and publication of the double-helix structure of DNA?
Science Maxine 2009
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They began this campaign of turning off the lights within humans eons ago and managed to turn off all but the central double-helix strand of DNA, allowing only the very basic-level coding that would let humans reproduce and function to remain.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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He tinkered in the lab with a new double-helix design, successfully bending a 25 watt gas-filled glass tube into a curly shape with a common light bulb-sized fixture.
Rocky Kistner: Engineering a Light Bulb Revolution Rocky Kistner 2011
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Their testimony kept diverging, spreading apart and twisting back together like the double-helix strands of DNA, as lawyers took them through the crime beat by beat.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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It began unnoticed in the 1950s with two concepts: in biology, with James D. Watson and Francis Crick's description of DNA's double-helix structure, and in computing, with Jack Kilby's and Bob Noyce's independent inventions of the integrated circuit.
Ten Rules of the Cheap Revolution Rich Karlgaard 2010
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Their testimony kept diverging, spreading apart and twisting back together like the double-helix strands of DNA, as lawyers took them through the crime beat by beat.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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Their testimony kept diverging, spreading apart and twisting back together like the double-helix strands of DNA, as lawyers took them through the crime beat by beat.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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They began this campaign of turning off the lights within humans eons ago and managed to turn off all but the central double-helix strand of DNA, allowing only the very basic-level coding that would let humans reproduce and function to remain.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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Asked to design a visitors' center for a new planned community outside Stockholm, scheduled to be built over the next two decades, the studio came up with a double-helix form, which promises to become an emblem for the whole town.
Making a Mark on Sweden's Landscape J. S. Marcus 2011
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The crown remained off-limits, mostly because the narrow, double-helix staircase could not be safely evacuated in an emergency and didn't comply with fire and building codes.
Statue Of Liberty's Staircase Worries Tourists, City Plans Construction 2010
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