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DNA Pioneer James Watson Dies at 97 in New York

James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks — has died, his former lab said on Friday (November 7, 2025). He was 97.