Nov. 7 (UPI) --James Watson, who helped his research partners to discover the double helix structure of DNA, died of unknown causes at an East Northport, N.Y., hospice at age 97. Watson's son, Rufus, ...

A prominent New York scientific laboratory suspended Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Dr. James Watson on Thursday night over racially insensitive comments he was quoted as making in a newspaper ...

James Watson, one of the 20th century’s most famous scientists, passed away on Thursday (November 6). He was 97. Despite this, Watson was supportive of female scientists, shared Nancy Hopkins, a ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson's former employer, confirmed the American scientist's death on Nov. 7 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. DANIEL MORDZINSKI/AFP via ...

Nobel prize-winning scientist James Watson died, Thursday in East Northport, NY, on Long Island at the age of 97. His death was confirmed by his son Duncan on Friday. He was in a hospice, shifted ...

Molecular Biologist Dr. James Watson attends the 10th Anniversary Sing For Hope Gala at Tribeca Rooftop on October 24, 2016 in New York City. Credit - Mike Pont; WireImage There’s no telling how the ...

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 ...