James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped launch a revolution in biology and medicine, died Thursday at age 97. He died in hospice care after a brief ...

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

On February 28, 1953, two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, announced they had figured out the structure of DNA. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost ...

James Watson, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died in a New York hospice facility at the age of 97. Along with fellow researchers Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, he won the 1962 ...

James Watson in 1993: he called Prince Charles ‘a Luddite’ and controversially portrayed Rosalind Franklin as being dour, dowdy and uncooperative - DANIEL MORDZINSKI/AFP via Getty Images James Watson, ...

James Watson, one of the 20th century’s most famous scientists, passed away on Thursday (November 6). He was 97. Despite this, Watson was supportive of female scientists, shared Nancy Hopkins, a ...

It's a major discovery of the 21st century: knowing the structure of DNA has revolutionized our knowledge of life, medicine and science as a whole. In this TED Talk, Nobel Laureate James Watson ...

When James Watson and Francis Crick described the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, the moment appeared decisive and complete. Yet that breakthrough rested on work carried out decades earlier by ...

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 ...