His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

In February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an ...

Watson was one of three scientists (Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkin) who were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...

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

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

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

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

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

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