Inventors win $500000 Draper and Land award prizes
The National Academy of Engineering honors GPS pioneer Bradford Parkinson and Ivan Getting with the Charles Stark Draper Prize and Dr Willem Kolff for kidney dialysis, highlighting life saving and navigational impact. Parkinson notes GPS widespread use from fishermen to farmers while NASA used GPS to locate Columbia debris.
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Graduated licenses cut teen crash rates, NSC finds
Twelve studies released by the National Safety Council show graduated driver's license programs reduce teen crash rates by up to 33 percent, with one study noting a 58 percent drop in fatalities among teen drivers. Teens still have the highest fatal crash rates overall, and states with three-tiered systems seek to limit teen nighttime driving and reduce risk.
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Fifty years since DNA double helix discovery in Cambridge
The article recalls Watson and Crick and their cardboard base models that revealed DNA as a double helix, a landmark 50th anniversary celebrated with journals, conferences, a Waldorf Astoria dinner, and new books and exhibits. It highlights the impact on science, medicine, forensics, and culture.
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911 workers accused of mishandling drowning call in NYC
The supervisor of a 911 operator faces a hearing on failing to follow police procedure after a frantic Jan 24 call from four drowning teens in Long Island Sound. The call went dead in 12 seconds. authorities say more to dispatch could have helped. Names of the supervisor and dispatcher were not released.
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Veteran on death row seeks clemency from Bush
Louis Jones Jr., a 52 year old Army veteran, asks President Bush to spare his life as he awaits execution by lethal injection March 18 in Terre Haute, Ind. He admits kidnapping and killing Pvt. Tracie McBride at Goodfellow Air Force Base in 1995 after raping her. Defense experts cite childhood abuse brain damage and PTSD from Grenada and the Gulf, while prosecutors dispute the claims.
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