In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and Rosalind Franklin⁠—the woman who was left out of the accolades.

DNA is as old as life itself – but we have only really discovered what it looks like and how it works over the last 70 years or so. Lots of scientists, working over many centuries, have been … ...

Scientists Extracted DNA From the Dirt to Learn More About the 19,000-Year-Old ‘Red Lady’ Story by Darren Orf • 14h. First discovered in 2010, ...

Erwin Chargaff was one of a handful of scientists who expanded on Levene's work by uncovering additional details of the structure of DNA, thus further paving the way for Watson and Crick.

Scientists Ran DNA Tests on 3,300-Year-Old Mummy of Tutankhamun — and Finally Discovered What Really Killed Him King Tutankhamun is one of the most popular Egyptian figures who ruled around ...

German composer Beethoven had hepatitis B infection and was genetically predisposed to liver disease, according to scientists who sampled DNA from five locks of his hair.

The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.

That discovery set a record for the oldest DNA, and many scientists doubted it would be possible to find anything much older. But in 2006, Dr. Willerslev and Kurt Kjaer, a geoscientist at the ...

First discovered in 2010 in Spain, ... Scientists Extracted DNA From the Dirt to Learn More About the 19,000-Year-Old ‘Red Lady ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.