Albert Einstein might be the daddy of all eggheads. But as his famous theory of special relativity turns 120, we tip our hats ...

In 1968 James Watson published The Double Helix, his highly personalized and controversial account of the events. It ...

Rosalind Franklin’s contribution to discovering the structure of life’s genetic material rarely receives more mention than a ...

Franklin, an expert in X-ray imaging who died aged 37 in 1958, was studying DNA at King’s College in London, along with a scientist named Maurice Wilkins, while Watson and Crick were working on ...

Franklin, an expert in X-ray imaging who died aged 37 in 1958, was studying DNA at King’s College in London, along with a scientist named Maurice Wilkins, while Watson and Crick were working on ...

The story of DNA discovery is just one example of the never-ending story of science. DNA was actually discovered, and scientists were able to isolate DNA and chromosomes, in the early 1900s.

A crucial question was the actual structure of DNA—this was the critical discovery made first by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. Franklin used newly available tools to beam X-rays through ...

The story of DNA discovery is just one example of the never-ending story of science. DNA was actually discovered, and scientists were able to isolate DNA and chromosomes, in the early 1900s.

Franklin was not credited for her celebrated Photograph 51, shown by Wilkins – who was Franklin’s colleague – to Watson and Crick without her knowledge or consent. It was this image that proved to be ...

Rosalind Franklin is known for making a significant contribution to the discovery of the DNA ... Franklin and her new colleague Maurice Wilkins didn’t get along, though the two did still make ...

Before Watson and Crick basked in Nobel glory, before The Double Helix mythologized their genius, there was the photo. Photo 51 — crisp, clear, and groundbreaking — captured by Dr. Rosalind Franklin, ...