#james-watson — Public Fediverse posts

25. April 2026: Nationaler DNA-Tag

https://www.compgen.de/2026/04/nationaler-dna-day/

Is the number one a #Prime #Number? : Medium

#Space #Power: The #Dream of beaming #SolarEnergy from #Orbit : BBC

#JamesWatson exemplified the best and worst of #Science – from #Monumental #Discoveries to #Sexism and #Cutthroat #Competition : Misc

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📢NPArevolut°R📢 Décès de James Watson : les racistes perdent l’un des leurs, la science s’en remettra: Le généticien américain James Watson est mort le 7 novembre dernier à l’âge de 97 ans. Il avait été récompensé du prix Nobel avec le biologiste… 📢NPA-R #JamesWatson #Décès #Science #Racisme

Décès de James Watson : les ra...

https://youtube.com/shorts/72DpX3TnlM4?si=NdqleZ97LrHy-CQY

The DNA Mastermind: James Watson's Triumphs and Troubles

Linktr.ee/562AlexD

#JamesWatson
#DNADiscovery
#DoubleHelix
#FrancisCrick
#RosalindFranklin
#ColdSpringHarbor
#NobelPrize
#Genetics
#Biotechnology
#HumanGenomeProject
#ScientificLegacy
#IQControversy

James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition

https://theconversation.com/james-watson-exemplified-the-best-and-worst-of-science-from-monumental-discoveries-to-sexism-and-cutthroat-competition-204614

#JamesWatson

@lednaBM What did Watson do to get the Nobel Prize?
** HE STOLE ROSALIND FRANKLIN'S NOTES **
#jameswatson

This is extraordinary.

Sharon Begley, STAT’s senior science writer, died in 2021. But before she did, she wrote this clear-eyed, fair, and utterly damning obituary for DNA pioneer turned pariah James Watson, who died on Thursday, aged 97.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/

#jameswatson #dna #science #biology #stat #obituary #obit #genome #sharonbegley

I am a biologist in my other life. I read The Double Helix by Watson while still in school. I've always been a geek. I remember well when his quotes about black people were published in the newspaper while I was still a student at uni. At the time, I couldn't believable that a famous scientist could voice such unreflected, unscientific rubbish. It can't be mentioned enough. And also that views like his are not as rare in science as one might wish.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/

#JamesWatson #biology

On the death of James Watson

So James Watson, a deeply unsavoury individual who co-won a Nobel Prize by stealing Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, and was an unrepentant racist and misogynist, is dead. Lest it be forgotten, here is a collection of authentic quotes that give an insight into his true character.

https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/james-watson-in-his-own-words/?page_id=13894

#academicMisconduct #DNA #JamesWatson #misogyny #racism

"A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating."

#JamesWatson #Racism #Bigotry #Sexism

https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/

Goodbye #JamesWatson - who did good and did harm

This is as good a moment as any to share "Jim Watson in is own words" - collected by Lior Pachter

https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/james-watson-in-his-own-words/

#JamesWatson #DNA #Genetics #Science

James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose reputation was tainted by his repeated racist remarks — has died aged 97. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/science-health/james-watson-dna-pioneer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #jameswatson #genetics

American scientist #JamesWatson was a racist misogynist who who got a #NobelPrize for stealing Rosalind Franklin's notes.

Watson died yesterday, and his #obituaries are everywhere. So here's a simple way to test each #obit:

How far down do you have to read to learn that Watson was 1) #Racist, 2) #Misogynist, and 3) a #plagiarist of #RosalindFranklin's work?

The further these core facts are from the top, the more slavishly the obituarist is trying to sustain the myth of Watson's "greatness".

#JamesWatson is dead

He did not acknowledge #RosalindFranklin's role in the discovery of the #doubleHelix structure of #DNA, and he was a viciously racist, misogynistic, antisemitic, and homophobic asshole

Bye, shitbag

https://www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18182530/james-watson-racist

LOL #JamesWatson basically once told me I was too fat to be a scientist

#JamesWatson

🎶 James Watson is dead, I shot him in the head 🎶

(... I regularly change the lyrics ... 👍)

#BillDrummond #TheAnnieNightingaleRequestShow

https://youtu.be/kuDmjZfa_Z0

RIP #JamesWatson (1928-2025)

Gossip has it when Francis Crick and James Watson were collaborating, Crick was doing the hard thinking while Watson was playing with lego, and so the double helix came to be.
Anyway, I hope history will remember James Watson as the phenomenal bigot, racist, misogynist - you name it - he really was.
#DNA #genetics #Science

On the day James Watson died: say her name, Rosalind Franklin. She was instrumental in the discovery of the structure of the double helix #DNA, a feat for which Watson, Crick and Wilkins got the Nobel Prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

#RosalindFranklin #jameswatson

James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/science/james-watson-dead.html

#HackerNews #JamesWatson #DNADiscovery #ScienceLegacy #RIPJamesWatson

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗲𝗸𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗡𝗔-𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝘂𝗿, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻

James Watson, medeontdekker van de DNA-structuur, is op 97-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt The New York Times (NYT).

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5537783/james-watson-dna-overleden

#JamesWatson #DNA #overleden

Tragic, scientist James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, has aged 97

Probably one of the biggest discoveries ever in science. A key to so much of life. Thanks!

#deaths #jameswatson #dna #rip

RIP James Watson

Horizon, Life Story: A Horizon Special:
If you're in the UK iPlayer has the film "Life Story"

"Film telling the story of the race to discover the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick have the bright ideas and the will to win. But there's one little problem: Rosalind Franklin has the crucial data."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025xxc .

#JamesWatson #DNA #Science

@gutenberg_org It should be noted that the mistakes in the structure of #DNA made by #LinusPauling were partially due to him only looking at sketches of the X-ray diffraction data collected by #RosalindFranklin (drawn by his nephew who was working with #JamesWatson and #FrancisCrick ).

#Pauling could not travel from #CalTech to #England because his passport had been revoked by the #US #StateDepartment for his #AntiNuclear (atmospheric testing) protests. CalTech also fired him!