The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...
In his later years, Watson's reputation was tarnished by comments on genetics and race that led him to be ostracized by the ...
An ambitious plan to sequence genomes for 1.85 million eukaryotic species on our planet is underway. It's a massive ...
James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...
Despite being almost genetically identical to modern humans, Neanderthals had much chunkier faces, with big noses, protruding ...
Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...
James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...
On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...
Watson’s 1953 discovery revealed the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries hereditary information, paving the way for genetic engineering, gene therapy and modern biotechnology ...
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...