It is now some three and a half decades since the Soviet Union collapsed. But its past continues to haunt the Left, and its ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure, has died at 97. The Nobel Prize winner made the groundbreaking ...

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 ...

Former Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Viktor Yakunin has died at the age of 95. This was announced on November 6 by the press ...

Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.

In February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an ...

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

Since hiring home help and renting out property in Estonia was common before the Soviet occupation, many faced being labeled ...

James Dewey Watson, who helped reveal DNA’s double-helix structure, kicked off the Human Genome Project, and became infamous for his racist, sexist, and otherwise offensive statements, has died. He ...