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

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

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

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

The discovery of the DNA structure sparked a flurry of new research, birthing fields like molecular biology, biotechnology, ...

When molecular biologist Francis Crick tripped on the psychedelic drug LSD in 1953, his mind famously pulled together all of his previous research on human DNA to conceive of the image of a double ...

Diagrams: Short section of DNA, 1951 -- Chemical structures of the DNA bases, 1951 -- Covalent bonds of the sugar-phosphate backbone -- Schematic view of a nucleotide -- Mg** ions binding phosphate ...

Reconstructing accurately how the parts of a complex molecular are held together knowing only how the molecule distorts and breaks up. This was the challenge taken on by a research team led by SISSA’s ...

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

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

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