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

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

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

Near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a ...

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

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