Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

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

The scientist leaves behind a complicated legacy after making a slew of offensive remarks during the later part of his life.

Remembered for breakthrough with Francis Crick, Watson was later ostracised by the scientific establishment over comments on ...

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

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed. The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a ...

US biochemist was responsible with the UK’s Francis Crick for 20th century’s most important biological discovery ...

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