È morto a 97 anni #JamesWatson, uno di quei nomi che non puoi non conoscere se hai mai aperto un libro di biologia. Nel 1953, insieme a Francis Crick e Maurice Wilkins, scoprì la struttura a doppia elica del DNA, la scala a chiocciola della vita, il codice che ci spiega perché siamo...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
È morto a 97 anni #JamesWatson, uno di quei nomi che non puoi non conoscere se hai mai aperto un libro di biologia. Nel 1953, insieme a Francis Crick e Maurice Wilkins, scoprì la struttura a doppia elica del DNA, la scala a chiocciola della vita, il codice che ci spiega perché siamo...
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#JamesWatson was, it seems, misogynistic and antisemitic (and ridiculously racist). The brilliant scientist Rosalind Franklin was a Jewish woman who did the work that formed the basis of #Watson’s #NobelPrize.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#JamesWatson was, it seems, misogynistic and antisemitic (and ridiculously racist). The brilliant scientist Rosalind Franklin was a Jewish woman who did the work that formed the basis of #Watson’s #NobelPrize.
🧪🔬🧬🎓 Science is a communal activity, a social product. Not giving credit to your collaborators, students, technicians and interns is being a bad scientist. #JamesWatson #RosalindFranklin
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🎓Part of the current #ScientificCrisis is the cult of the #LoneGenius myth. Great scientists are not isolated geniuses but a cultural phenomena, product of education systems, funding structures, social capital, historical paradigms - and lots of privilege and invisible labor.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🧪🔬🧬🎓 Science is a communal activity, a social product. Not giving credit to your collaborators, students, technicians and interns is being a bad scientist. #JamesWatson #RosalindFranklin
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Es hat schon Nobelpreisträger gegeben, die ihre Medaille verkauft (z.B. Leon Lederman, Physik, um seine Arztrechnungen zu bezahlen) oder versteigert haben (Francis Crick u. JamesWatson, Medizin, zur Förderung der Wissenschaft oder Dmitri Muratow, Frieden, zur Unterstützung ukrainischer Kinder).
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Es hat schon Nobelpreisträger gegeben, die ihre Medaille verkauft (z.B. Leon Lederman, Physik, um seine Arztrechnungen zu bezahlen) oder versteigert haben (Francis Crick u. JamesWatson, Medizin, zur Förderung der Wissenschaft oder Dmitri Muratow, Frieden, zur Unterstützung ukrainischer Kinder).
Amazing kids book teaching kids problem-solving skills. Not to mention the Sherlock Holmes adaptation, which is so wonderful.
#booksky #sherlockholmes #JamesWatson #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #literacymatters #readtokids #problem-solving #petrock #graphicnovel
#booksky #sherlockholmes #JamesWatson #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #literacymatters #readtokids #problem-solving #petrock #graphicnovel
February 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Amazing kids book teaching kids problem-solving skills. Not to mention the Sherlock Holmes adaptation, which is so wonderful.
#booksky #sherlockholmes #JamesWatson #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #literacymatters #readtokids #problem-solving #petrock #graphicnovel
#booksky #sherlockholmes #JamesWatson #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #literacymatters #readtokids #problem-solving #petrock #graphicnovel
🧪🔬🧬🎓So #JamesWatson is dead. Should we honor him for his undeniable essential contributions to modern biology?
No because he was an antisemite, a racist, an eugenecist, a sexist who tried to steal the work of #RosalindFranklin without crediting her. A terrible scientist and human being.
No because he was an antisemite, a racist, an eugenecist, a sexist who tried to steal the work of #RosalindFranklin without crediting her. A terrible scientist and human being.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🧪🔬🧬🎓So #JamesWatson is dead. Should we honor him for his undeniable essential contributions to modern biology?
No because he was an antisemite, a racist, an eugenecist, a sexist who tried to steal the work of #RosalindFranklin without crediting her. A terrible scientist and human being.
No because he was an antisemite, a racist, an eugenecist, a sexist who tried to steal the work of #RosalindFranklin without crediting her. A terrible scientist and human being.
Worse, the bastard died happy in knowledge that his vile views are again US policy. #JamesWatson
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Worse, the bastard died happy in knowledge that his vile views are again US policy. #JamesWatson
My thanks to @peccadillopics.bsky.social for inviting me to host their ‘Opening Weekend’ screening of Sebastian, at Cameo Cinema, #Edinburgh. Lovely to meet and chat with writer/director #MikkoMäkelä and producer #JamesWatson.
April 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My thanks to @peccadillopics.bsky.social for inviting me to host their ‘Opening Weekend’ screening of Sebastian, at Cameo Cinema, #Edinburgh. Lovely to meet and chat with writer/director #MikkoMäkelä and producer #JamesWatson.
Thank you for your honesty. I hate it when the media tries to sugarcoat and whitewash the lives of #HorribleHumanBeings after their death. #CharlieKirk #JamesWatson
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Thank you for your honesty. I hate it when the media tries to sugarcoat and whitewash the lives of #HorribleHumanBeings after their death. #CharlieKirk #JamesWatson
🧪🔬🧬🎓We should adopt a more objective, nuanced way of honouring scientists #wikipedia style:
#JamesWatson, the racist antisemitic and sexist plagiarist who proposed the first 3D model of the structure of DNA without crediting the scientisr who took the xray picture he used to do it. #DueCredit
#JamesWatson, the racist antisemitic and sexist plagiarist who proposed the first 3D model of the structure of DNA without crediting the scientisr who took the xray picture he used to do it. #DueCredit
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🧪🔬🧬🎓We should adopt a more objective, nuanced way of honouring scientists #wikipedia style:
#JamesWatson, the racist antisemitic and sexist plagiarist who proposed the first 3D model of the structure of DNA without crediting the scientisr who took the xray picture he used to do it. #DueCredit
#JamesWatson, the racist antisemitic and sexist plagiarist who proposed the first 3D model of the structure of DNA without crediting the scientisr who took the xray picture he used to do it. #DueCredit
Well, sports fans, as Dad used to say, my #JamesWatson #biography passed a milestone today: I shielded my eyes w/ my arm and clicked "Send" on a ***rough*** draft to my editor. Still MUCH to do, but still.
I signed the contract 11 yrs ago. What a long, strange trip, etc.
#amwriting #amsighing
I signed the contract 11 yrs ago. What a long, strange trip, etc.
#amwriting #amsighing
July 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Well, sports fans, as Dad used to say, my #JamesWatson #biography passed a milestone today: I shielded my eyes w/ my arm and clicked "Send" on a ***rough*** draft to my editor. Still MUCH to do, but still.
I signed the contract 11 yrs ago. What a long, strange trip, etc.
#amwriting #amsighing
I signed the contract 11 yrs ago. What a long, strange trip, etc.
#amwriting #amsighing
#JamesWatson, co‑discoverer of the DNA double‑helix, has died at 97. His work sparked a genetic revolution — but a controversial legacy remains.
#Genetics #GlobalNews
#Genetics #GlobalNews
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
#JamesWatson, co‑discoverer of the DNA double‑helix, has died at 97. His work sparked a genetic revolution — but a controversial legacy remains.
#Genetics #GlobalNews
#Genetics #GlobalNews
🧬🧬 Happy DNA Day 🧬🧬 ! Today, the Biodiversity Genomics Lab @sgn.one is celebrating the fascinating world of #DNA and the amazing scientists #JamesWatson, #FrancisCrick, #MauriceWilkins, #RosalindFranklin who unraveled its 🧬 structure! The picture shows the precipitated DNA of a 🐬 using alcohol&salt.
April 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🧬🧬 Happy DNA Day 🧬🧬 ! Today, the Biodiversity Genomics Lab @sgn.one is celebrating the fascinating world of #DNA and the amazing scientists #JamesWatson, #FrancisCrick, #MauriceWilkins, #RosalindFranklin who unraveled its 🧬 structure! The picture shows the precipitated DNA of a 🐬 using alcohol&salt.
Why is James Watson so hated? He was racist, sexist, misogynistic, hateful, unrepentant, and pompous about all of it.
www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18... #scicomm #JamesWatson
www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18... #scicomm #JamesWatson
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Why is James Watson so hated? He was racist, sexist, misogynistic, hateful, unrepentant, and pompous about all of it.
www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18... #scicomm #JamesWatson
www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18... #scicomm #JamesWatson
True.
Despite all the immense good Watson did during his lifetime, his legacy is tarnished by his long history of racist and sexist public comments as well as his ongoing disparagement of Rosalind Franklin both personally and professionally.
#JamesWatson #RosalindFranklin
Despite all the immense good Watson did during his lifetime, his legacy is tarnished by his long history of racist and sexist public comments as well as his ongoing disparagement of Rosalind Franklin both personally and professionally.
#JamesWatson #RosalindFranklin
James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should be credited highlights the challenges of scientific collaboration.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
True.
Despite all the immense good Watson did during his lifetime, his legacy is tarnished by his long history of racist and sexist public comments as well as his ongoing disparagement of Rosalind Franklin both personally and professionally.
#JamesWatson #RosalindFranklin
Despite all the immense good Watson did during his lifetime, his legacy is tarnished by his long history of racist and sexist public comments as well as his ongoing disparagement of Rosalind Franklin both personally and professionally.
#JamesWatson #RosalindFranklin
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December 20, 2024 at 9:58 PM
#Science #DNA #Discover #News #📰News #JamesWatson #DoubleHelix #Double-Helix #JamesDWatson #Obits #Passing #Scientist #Scientists #Physics #Mathematics #Forensics #Genealogy #Relatives #FamilyTreeResearch #AncestrySearches #Crime-Solving #Future #Progress #Discovery
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
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. The breakthro...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#JamesWatson & Crick, in 1953?
Feijenoord Stadium "De Kuip", Rotterdam 1937.
Check the exterior stairs. They are two stairs intertwined:
a DOUBLE HELIX
#DoubleHelix #DNA #Watson&Crick
Feijenoord Stadium "De Kuip", Rotterdam 1937.
Check the exterior stairs. They are two stairs intertwined:
a DOUBLE HELIX
#DoubleHelix #DNA #Watson&Crick
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#JamesWatson & Crick, in 1953?
Feijenoord Stadium "De Kuip", Rotterdam 1937.
Check the exterior stairs. They are two stairs intertwined:
a DOUBLE HELIX
#DoubleHelix #DNA #Watson&Crick
Feijenoord Stadium "De Kuip", Rotterdam 1937.
Check the exterior stairs. They are two stairs intertwined:
a DOUBLE HELIX
#DoubleHelix #DNA #Watson&Crick
Something I wrote...
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Trust in God: A Picture Of Jesus’ Love
A simple poem about placing trust in God alone. Jesus saves!
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December 13, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Something I wrote...
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In the wake of #JamesWatson ‘s death, we would like to share our latest episode about ‘Rosalind’ - a new opera about #RosalindFranklin. Ex-BBC arts correspondent Rosie Millard discusses how the DNA race fits into an opera with its composer Peter Hugh White and librettist Clare Heath.
Lost Women of Science Conversations: Rosalind-The Opera
Betrayal, ambition, and the double helix: Turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera.
www.lostwomenofscience.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In the wake of #JamesWatson ‘s death, we would like to share our latest episode about ‘Rosalind’ - a new opera about #RosalindFranklin. Ex-BBC arts correspondent Rosie Millard discusses how the DNA race fits into an opera with its composer Peter Hugh White and librettist Clare Heath.
A PRINCIPLE ISNT A PRINCIPLE UNTIL IT COSTS YOU SOMETHING.
-Bernbach
Beliefs are easy to hold when they’re without consequence.
A real principle is one that you stand by even when you lose: money, reputation, status. Or physical freedom.
#jameswatson, #realmen, #resist, #activism, #democracy
-Bernbach
Beliefs are easy to hold when they’re without consequence.
A real principle is one that you stand by even when you lose: money, reputation, status. Or physical freedom.
#jameswatson, #realmen, #resist, #activism, #democracy
Donate to Support Major Jason Watson’s Stand For Democracy, organized by Major Jason Watson Legal Trust
https://www.spotfund.com/HeroStand4Democracy. Help support Major Jason Watson’s heroic act of civil disobedience on 7/1 at the US Capitol calling on Congress to
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August 18, 2026 at 6:16 PM
A PRINCIPLE ISNT A PRINCIPLE UNTIL IT COSTS YOU SOMETHING.
-Bernbach
Beliefs are easy to hold when they’re without consequence.
A real principle is one that you stand by even when you lose: money, reputation, status. Or physical freedom.
#jameswatson, #realmen, #resist, #activism, #democracy
-Bernbach
Beliefs are easy to hold when they’re without consequence.
A real principle is one that you stand by even when you lose: money, reputation, status. Or physical freedom.
#jameswatson, #realmen, #resist, #activism, #democracy
Historians: join me in admiring this white master race male and his land conquests!
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Historians: join me in admiring this white master race male and his land conquests!
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
Historians of science: join me in admiring this white master race male and his award conquests!
#JamesWatson
naming your biology plagiarism machine after the most famous case of biology plagiarism is a very funny bit I must admit
Naming your biology LLM after Rosalind Franklin is… hell is not hot enough
April 17, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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The DNA Mastermind: James Watson's Triumphs and Troubles
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#JamesWatson
#DNADiscovery
#DoubleHelix
#FrancisCrick
#RosalindFranklin
#ColdSpringHarbor
#NobelPrize
#Genetics
#Biotechnology
#HumanGenomeProject
#ScientificLegacy
#IQControversy
The DNA Mastermind: James Watson's Triumphs and Troubles
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#JamesWatson
#DNADiscovery
#DoubleHelix
#FrancisCrick
#RosalindFranklin
#ColdSpringHarbor
#NobelPrize
#Genetics
#Biotechnology
#HumanGenomeProject
#ScientificLegacy
#IQControversy
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The DNA Mastermind: James Watson's Triumphs and Troubles
#JamesWatson
#DNADiscovery
#DoubleHelix
#FrancisCrick
#RosalindFranklin
#ColdSpringHarbor
#NobelPrize
#Genetics
#Biotechnology
#HumanGenomeProject
#ScientificLegacy
#IQControversy
#RaceAndScience
#MolecularBiology
#ScienceHistory
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The DNA Mastermind: James Watson's Triumphs and Troubles
Linktr.ee/562AlexD
#JamesWatson
#DNADiscovery
#DoubleHelix
#FrancisCrick
#RosalindFranklin
#ColdSpringHarbor
#NobelPrize
#Genetics
#Biotechnology
#HumanGenomeProject
#ScientificLegacy
#IQControversy
The DNA Mastermind: James Watson's Triumphs and Troubles
Linktr.ee/562AlexD
#JamesWatson
#DNADiscovery
#DoubleHelix
#FrancisCrick
#RosalindFranklin
#ColdSpringHarbor
#NobelPrize
#Genetics
#Biotechnology
#HumanGenomeProject
#ScientificLegacy
#IQControversy
"If you publish your book now, in the teeth of my opposition, history will condemn you”
“the tone used to describe Rosalind's work in the Epilogue
is perfectly reasonable,
but contrasts ludicrously with
the descriptions of her
in the text itself.”
-Francis Crick
Letter criticizing Watson’s book 🧪
“the tone used to describe Rosalind's work in the Epilogue
is perfectly reasonable,
but contrasts ludicrously with
the descriptions of her
in the text itself.”
-Francis Crick
Letter criticizing Watson’s book 🧪
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM