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

Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

James D. Watson, the man who helped reveal the shape of life itself, has died at 97. His discovery of DNA’s double helix ...

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an ...

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

June Broomhead is easy to spot in a 1948 black-and-white photo of scientists working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. In a group of more than 100 men in suits and ties, she is one ...

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation ...

US biochemist was responsible with the UK’s Francis Crick for 20th century’s most important biological discovery ...

Breakthrough turned Watson into a hallowed figure in world of science, though he faced condemnation for offensive remarks ...