James D. Watson, 1928-2025: It’s Complicated
He was the co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, the chromosome-building molecule. The discovery included the insight that DNA was formed by four chemical bases — adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine. Adenine always paired up with thymine, and guanine always paired up with cytosine. It changed biology forever, every bit as much…
