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

The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.

In 1953, James Watson, a 25-year-old researcher at the University of Cambridge, visited Maurice Wilkins, a researcher at King ...

James Watson’s work on the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA led to a revolution in biology and genetics ...

James Watson pioneered molecular biology through his co-discovery of DNA’s double helix structure, but his prejudiced views turned him into an outcast.

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

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

James D. Watson, PhD, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a ...