Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...

His collaboration with biophysicist Francis Crick on the molecular key to all living organisms would make him one of the most influential figures in modern science.

For James Watson, DNA was everything — not just his life's work, but the secret of life itself. Over his long and storied career, Watson arguably did more than any other scientist to transform a ...

In the middle of the 20th century, accumulating data suggested that DNA carries life’s genetic information. Biochemists around the world raced to determine its structure. The competition led to some ...

James Watson, the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA, died on Nov. 6, 2025, at the age of 97 On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he ...

In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and the woman who was left out of the accolades. By Bill Gourgey Published May 31, 2022 7:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of ...

Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in ...