The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

Aging stars destroy their planets more often than we thought: What does this mean for Earth?

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

San Diego researchers reflect on the passing of James Watson, who co-discovered DNA structure

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