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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

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James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.
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    Rosalind Franklin discovered this. Watson and Crick stole her work and got all the fame

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      I’m all for women getting the recognition they deserve but this is a widely discredited hottake

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    Co-discoverer alongside Rosalind Franklin

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    This is a better article

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

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

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    Also an enormous misogynist and racist. Good fuckin riddance.

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      I came here to ask “is he the one who is a dickhead?”

      I’ve met some nice science guys but I heard this guy was actually a dickhead.

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    Gonna upvote everybody who mentioned Rosalind Franklin.
    Watson & and his side-kick, Crick, merely copied from her assignment and dashed.

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    Thief.

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