James Dewey Watson, Nobel Prize winner and “semi-professional loose cannon” whose racist views made him a scientific pariah ...

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...

In his later years, Watson's reputation was tarnished by comments on genetics and race that led him to be ostracized by the ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

Nobel laureate James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, has died at 97. His 1953 breakthrough launched modern ...

This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

James Dewey Watson, who helped reveal DNA’s double-helix structure, kicked off the Human Genome Project, and became infamous for his racist, sexist, and otherwise offensive statements, has died. He ...

James D. Watson, an Indiana University alumnus and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, died Thursday in a hospice center ...

James D Watson, the Nobel-winning co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, has died at 97. His legacy blends scientific triumph ...

His collaboration with biophysicist Francis Crick on the molecular key to all living organisms would make him one of the most ...

James Watson, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died in a New York hospice facility at the age of 97. Along with fellow researchers Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, he won the 1962 ...