The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

With almost all of its citizens’ genes already sequenced in a national database, it’s the test case for an ambitious—and, to ...

An ambitious plan to sequence genomes for 1.85 million eukaryotic species on our planet is underway. It's a massive ...

D espite being almost genetically identical to modern humans, Neanderthals had much chunkier faces, with big noses, ...

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

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

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

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

Watson’s 1953 discovery revealed the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries hereditary information, paving the way for genetic engineering, gene therapy and modern biotechnology ...

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

As one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, James Watson pioneered the field of genetics and left behind a ...

Chris Cornell's daughter Toni, Taylor Momsen and Brandi Carlile stamped Soundgarden into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a ...