James Watson, who helped discover the double-helix structure of DNA alongside Francis Crick in the 1950s based on the work of British chemist Rosalind Franklin, said in a PBS film that genes cause ...

He won the Nobel Prize for helping discover the structure of human DNA – but disgraced scientist James Watson has hit a new low in his tumultuous career. The New York-based Cold Spring Harbor ...

American geneticist Dr. James Watson, who was held in 2007 for controversial remarks about blacks, sold his Nobel Prize medal awarded in 1962 for $ 4.75 million U.S. dollars at Christie's auction ...

The Nobel Prize medal that James Watson won for helping explain how DNA is structured has a new owner, as the 1962 gold medal was bought for more than $4.75 million at auction Thursday.

Update 12/04/2014: James Watson's 1962 Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA's double helix sells for $4.1 million at auction, above its expected selling range of $2.5-3.5 million. Two additional ...

James Watson, the world-famous biologist who was shunned by the scientific community after linking intelligence to race, said he is selling his Nobel Prize because he is short of money after being ...

The lab that James Watson led for decades has stripped the Nobel laureate of his last remaining honorary positions, it announced on Friday, in reaction to Watson’s refusal (in a recent ...

Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has been stripped of his honorary titles at the laboratory he once led after doubling down on racist comments. Watson, who discovered DNA’s double ...

The conversation about Dr Watson has been rekindled by a new warts-and-all documentary on PBS examining his incredible life, while also challenging him on some of his most controversial statements.