In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

There’s more to dna than just the double helix we know and love: under some conditions this familiar molecule can take on ...

This biography of the 1962 Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals a mighty intellect who loved the arts as much as science.

By blending scientific accuracy with creative design, one builder hopes to make the history of DNA accessible, interactive, ...

The photograph flicked on the screen for bare seconds, but it put James Watson in a frenzy of excitement. He was in Naples in 1951, at a lecture given by Maurice Wilkins, a physicist working at King’s ...

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 ...