New Delhi: James D. Watson, one of the most influential and controversial scientists of the 20th century, has died at the age of 97 in New York. Best known as the co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix ...

The Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, but it has been sold in a few auctions over the award’s history. By Pranav Baskar James Watson’s legacy is a cautionary tale against ...

James D. Watson, the celebrated American molecular biologist who helped unravel the structure of DNA, has passed away at the age of 97. His death marks the end of a towering career, one that changed ...

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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, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation ...