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Flam: James Watson had a brilliant mind and a broken moral compass

The Mercury News 26 Nov 2025
By the time James Watson died earlier this month at the age of 97, he was one of the world’s most famous — and infamous — scientists ... Pulitzer-winning author Everett to discuss novel ‘James’ in East Bay.
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James Watson had a brilliant mind and a broken moral compass

Newsday 22 Nov 2025
By the time James Watson died earlier this month at the age of 97, he was one of the world’s most famous — and infamous — scientists ... I had the chance to hear Watson speak in 2005, two years before his racist views were widely known.
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F.D. Flam: James Watson had a brilliant mind and a broken moral compass

The Brunswick News 21 Nov 2025
By the time James Watson died earlier this month at the age of 97, he was one of the world’s most famous — and infamous — scientists. In 1953, he and three fellow researchers co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA ... .
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The Cancellation of James Watson Marked Our Descent Into a Time of Anti-Genius and the ...

The Unz Review 19 Nov 2025
James Watson, who passed away on November 6, 2025 at the age of 97, was almost universally regarded as one of these exceptional people ... The Cancellation of James Watson, Watson had a long history of ...
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An Irish perspective: James Watson (1928-2025) – the DNA titan with a downside

The Irish Times 19 Nov 2025
Francis Crick and James Watson made the greatest biological discovery of the 20th century when they solved the structure of DNA ... James Watson at the unveiling of a sculpture, representing the double helix of DNA, at Trinity College.
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James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him.

New York Times 16 Nov 2025
James Watson’s legacy is a cautionary tale against letting a profound discovery shape your entire worldview ... .
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Eulogy to an Intellectual Hero – Dr. James Watson, by Hua Bin

The Unz Review 15 Nov 2025
James Dewey Waston, who passed away on November 6 ... From 1968, Watson served as the director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in New York, where he shifted his research to the study of cancer ... Watson for his brilliance, directness, and humor.
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Nobel-Winning DNA Scholar James Watson, Dead at 97, Leaves Famed but Fraught Legacy at Harvard

The Harvard Crimson 12 Nov 2025
When James “Jim” D. Watson helped discover the structure of DNA at age 25, he earned the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine and gained renown as a scientific wunderkind ... Watson is survived by his wife Elizabeth V.L ... Watson and Duncan J ... Watson and James D.
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VOX POPULI: DNA unraveller James Watson was a storied, but divisive man

Asahi News 11 Nov 2025
James Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Crick (1916-2004) co-discovered in 1953 the double-helix structure of DNA that contains the genetic code. Watson died on Nov ... The paper that Watson and Crick co-authored was effectively no more than one page long.
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Frederick News-Post 10 Nov 2025
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97. His death was announced by his former research lab. Watson also helped guide efforts to map the ... .
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