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

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

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

The results of this collaborative project overturn some conventional wisdom about how the DNA repair process works. DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts ...

This revelation was not a mere boast but the culmination of intense research into the structure of DNA by American biologist James Watson and British physicist Francis Crick. Their discovery has since ...

James D. Watson, an Indiana University alumnus and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, died Thursday in a hospice center ...

DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts in DNA provides information for building an organism. What’s not captured by this analogy is the fact that our DNA ...