Gene Eubank, known to generations of families across North Central West Virginia as “Santa Gene,” was laid to rest Friday ...

American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in ...

James Watson, who died last week at the age of 97, had several graceless moments in his life, including serious streaks of misogyny, racism and homophobia. And while these lamentable incidents ...

Sohini Ramachandran is a professor of biology, data science, and computer science at Brown University. C. Brandon Ogbunu is ...

He helped to reveal the structure of life’s code, transformed science education and research, and remained a deeply controversial figure to the end.

In a life defined by extremes, Nobel Prize-winning biologist James Watson, who directed Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from 1968 to 1994, died Nov. 6th at the age of 97.

James “Jim” D. Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA at age 25 and went on to spend 21 years as a Harvard biology ...

Robert Gene Scalf, age 73, passed away peacefully October 29, 2025. He joined his late father, Sterling Scalf Jr. He is ...

The breakthrough turned him into a hallowed figure, but he later faced professional censure for offensive remarks.

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 ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint ...