Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman looks into a microscope. In 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research on Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Portman is playing her in a movie, Nicole Kidman portrayed her on stage and now the life of groundbreaking British scientist Rosalind Franklin, whose work was crucial to DNA and ...

A previously overlooked letter and a news article that was never published, both written in 1953, add to other lines of evidence showing Rosalind Franklin was an equal contributor—not a victim—in the ...

A piece that aired on NPR this week about the discovery of DNA's structure neglected to mention the significant contribution of Rosalind Franklin to that scientific milestone. And now some important ...

Researchers have uncovered new evidence that suggests Rosalind Franklin played a slightly different role in the discovery of DNA’s structure than popular culture might indicate. The new materials were ...

Natalie Portman has booked her next movie role! On Thursday (May 8), it was announced that the 43-year-old Oscar-winning actress will be playing pioneering DNA scientist Rosalind Franklin in the new ...

Who was Rosalind Franklin? The story of her life is short, tragically so, but it doesn’t lack for tellers. Was she difficult Rosy, the Cruella De Vil of The Double Helix, who nearly knocked Watson’s ...

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. Much of the ...