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 ...

In 1953, James Watson, a 25-year-old researcher at the University of Cambridge in the UK, visited Maurice Wilkins, a ...

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

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

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

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

James Watson, who helped discover DNA’s double-helix structure, has died at the age of 97 following a brief illness.

James D. Watson, an Indiana University alumnus and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, died Thursday in a hospice center ...

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 ...