Rosalind Franklin’s role in the discovery of the structure of DNA may have been different than previously believed. Franklin wasn’t the victim of data theft at the hands of James Watson and Francis ...

James D. Watson, the molecular biologist who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at the age of 97. The Nobel laureate shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and ...

Women receive less credit for their contributions to science than do men, just as Rosalind Franklin was denied credit for her role in discovering the structure of DNA—or so says a recent article in ...

For James Watson, DNA was everything — not just his life's work, but the secret of life itself. Over his long and storied career, Watson arguably did more than any other scientist to transform a ...

Nobel prize-winning biologist whose discovery, with Francis Crick, of the structure of DNA solved the mystery of genetic inheritance James Watson, who has died aged 97, had an extraordinary gift for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. James Watson, the American biochemist who has died at the age of 97, was responsible with Francis Crick of the ...

Genius and arrogance play leading roles in a new biography of the man who helped uncover the structure of DNA Most people could tell you that Francis Crick, together with James Watson, discovered the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Before he and James Watson made the defining discovery of the twentieth century, Francis Crick was an impoverished PhD student. The future Nobel laureate twice left his typewriter with a pawnbroker in ...