With “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb aims for the tricky “middle path”: a life vivid enough to ...

He helped to reveal the structure of life’s code, transformed science education and research, and remained a deeply controversial figure to the end.

Google's Doodle on 13 November 13 celebrates DNA, the molecule of life. It highlights its structure and significance, ...

James “Jim” D. Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA at age 25 and went on to spend 21 years as a Harvard biology ...

Pictures of DNA often look very tidy—the strands of the double helix neatly wind around each other, making it seem like ...

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died ...

This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

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, 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, according to ...