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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Breakthrough discovery of DNA double-helix shape. The backstory: Watson, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, discovered that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a double h ...