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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Watson was both a towering and controversial figure in science. Gerhard Rauchwetter/picture alliance via Getty Images Watson ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The ...

James D. Watson, the celebrated American molecular biologist who helped unravel the structure of DNA, has passed away at the age of 97. His death marks the end of a towering career, one that changed ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) --James Watson, who helped his research partners to discover the double helix structure of DNA, died of unknown causes at an East Northport, N.Y., hospice at age 97. Watson's son, Rufus, ...

James Dewey Watson, who died on Nov 6, was one of the most famous names in modern science. He was an American biologist best known for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering the structure of DNA, died last week at the age of 97. He was a scientific giant, but in the ...