DNA isn't just a long string of genetic code, but an intricate 3D structure folded inside each cell. That means the tools ...

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

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

That discovery, made with co-researchers Francis Crick and Maurice H.F. Wilkins, led to a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick moved ...

Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — James D. Watson, the pioneering molecular biologist whose 1953 co‑discovery of the DNA ...

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

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

Without genetic mutations, there would be no humans. There wouldn’t be any living beings at all—no mammals, insects, or plants, not even bacteria. These tiny errors, which can happen at random each ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, they make up the genetic code, the biological “text” that defines who we are.