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

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 ...

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

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

Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.

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

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

Boosting levels of a certain molecule that declines with age was found to restore memory and brain function in Alzheimer’s ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

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