I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
May 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke:
Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
Rosalind Franklin’s work was fundamental to the understanding of the DNA double helix - the key to life. But her pioneering science was not properly acknowledged. Hear her story in our Women and Science podcast: tinyurl.com/4b2ppbs2 #history #WomensDay2026 #WomensDay
March 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke:
Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
Anthropic: "“We are not aware of any previously published work ..."
Almost the same words Watson and Crick used when they ripped off Rosalind Franklin's internal report.
Almost the same words Watson and Crick used when they ripped off Rosalind Franklin's internal report.
September 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Anthropic: "“We are not aware of any previously published work ..."
Almost the same words Watson and Crick used when they ripped off Rosalind Franklin's internal report.
Almost the same words Watson and Crick used when they ripped off Rosalind Franklin's internal report.
Fascinating that they've finally discovered how to automate Crick and Watson.
September 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Fascinating that they've finally discovered how to automate Crick and Watson.
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“Men discovered DNA.”
Nope.
Rosalind Franklin did the work, but Watson & Crick got the credit.
A classic.
#WHM #WomensHistory
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“Men discovered DNA.”
Nope.
Rosalind Franklin did the work, but Watson & Crick got the credit.
A classic.
#WHM #WomensHistory
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March 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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“Men discovered DNA.”
Nope.
Rosalind Franklin did the work, but Watson & Crick got the credit.
A classic.
#WHM #WomensHistory
.
“Men discovered DNA.”
Nope.
Rosalind Franklin did the work, but Watson & Crick got the credit.
A classic.
#WHM #WomensHistory
.
Bragg and Wilkins delivered Franklin and Gosling's report and Max Perutz allowed Watson and Crick to take the project. Wilkins apparently begged Watson and Crick not to reveal that they had the report.
September 28, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Bragg and Wilkins delivered Franklin and Gosling's report and Max Perutz allowed Watson and Crick to take the project. Wilkins apparently begged Watson and Crick not to reveal that they had the report.
So… yeah, the snark from yesterday (What did Watson & Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes) was far more accurate than snark.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So… yeah, the snark from yesterday (What did Watson & Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes) was far more accurate than snark.
Never miss an opportunity to tell my favourite old science joke:
What did Crick and Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
What did Crick and Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
Rosalind Franklin, a crystallographer and humanist whose research was crucial to the discovery of the structure of DNA, died #onthisday, 1958. An icon of scientific inquiry whose legacy endures! heritage.humanists.uk/rosalind-fra...
April 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Never miss an opportunity to tell my favourite old science joke:
What did Crick and Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
What did Crick and Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
Y’all are worried about “civics” education and these guys missed the “milk maids with cowpox” classes, Louis Pasteur, Watson & Crick, and Gregor Mendel. I want the names of their elementary and middle schools.
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as “a community preventative thing”
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as "a community preventative thing"
www.mediamatters.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Y’all are worried about “civics” education and these guys missed the “milk maids with cowpox” classes, Louis Pasteur, Watson & Crick, and Gregor Mendel. I want the names of their elementary and middle schools.
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s lab notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s lab notes.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s lab notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s lab notes.
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
What really happened between Franklin, Watson and Crick in the discovery of the DNA double helix? — Genetics Unzipped
Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
geneticsunzipped.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
Also: Watson and Crick
March 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Also: Watson and Crick
I see James Watson died. So it's time for a science joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I see James Watson died. So it's time for a science joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
That reminds me of one of my favorite STEM jokes.
Professor: Can anyone tell me what Watson and Crick discovered?
*Yelled from the back*: Rosalind Franklin's notes!
Professor: Can anyone tell me what Watson and Crick discovered?
*Yelled from the back*: Rosalind Franklin's notes!
May 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
That reminds me of one of my favorite STEM jokes.
Professor: Can anyone tell me what Watson and Crick discovered?
*Yelled from the back*: Rosalind Franklin's notes!
Professor: Can anyone tell me what Watson and Crick discovered?
*Yelled from the back*: Rosalind Franklin's notes!
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
One last note about Watson, Crick, and Franklin: when Watson, Crick, and Wilkins stole her photographs, FRANKLIN was a PhD with a student of her own.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
One last note about Watson, Crick, and Franklin: when Watson, Crick, and Wilkins stole her photographs, FRANKLIN was a PhD with a student of her own.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
Original: ‘Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.’
Rewrite: ‘Rosalind Franklin successfully retrieved images of the structure of DNA, an idea posited by Maurice Wilkins.
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins got a Nobel Prize.’
Rewrite: ‘Rosalind Franklin successfully retrieved images of the structure of DNA, an idea posited by Maurice Wilkins.
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins got a Nobel Prize.’
March 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Original: ‘Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.’
Rewrite: ‘Rosalind Franklin successfully retrieved images of the structure of DNA, an idea posited by Maurice Wilkins.
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins got a Nobel Prize.’
Rewrite: ‘Rosalind Franklin successfully retrieved images of the structure of DNA, an idea posited by Maurice Wilkins.
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins got a Nobel Prize.’
James Watson was 1/3 of the team. Rosalind Franklin was an integral part of the the discovery of DNA with Watson & Crick but never saw a Nobel prize because… misogyny.
NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97.
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
James Watson was 1/3 of the team. Rosalind Franklin was an integral part of the the discovery of DNA with Watson & Crick but never saw a Nobel prize because… misogyny.
Went to a great talk the other day where the speaker referred to "Watson, Crick, and Franklin" nucleotides & let's all adopt that terminology
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Went to a great talk the other day where the speaker referred to "Watson, Crick, and Franklin" nucleotides & let's all adopt that terminology
NASA media training once told me how great the initial media blasts for Watson and Crick were - a textbook.
I interrupted them at the time to shame them. And finished the sentence.
Watson and Crick- textbook
… example of erasing women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
I interrupted them at the time to shame them. And finished the sentence.
Watson and Crick- textbook
… example of erasing women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NASA media training once told me how great the initial media blasts for Watson and Crick were - a textbook.
I interrupted them at the time to shame them. And finished the sentence.
Watson and Crick- textbook
… example of erasing women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
I interrupted them at the time to shame them. And finished the sentence.
Watson and Crick- textbook
… example of erasing women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Watson in particular did not give Franklin appropriate credit, particularly in his book, but he and Crick did at least indicate they were aware of what Franklin's results were.
September 28, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Watson in particular did not give Franklin appropriate credit, particularly in his book, but he and Crick did at least indicate they were aware of what Franklin's results were.
James Watson was a pompous, self-serving thief who stole Rosalind Franklin's data on the structure of DNA, and never gave her credit. Crick and Wilkins finally came around and acknowledged Franklin's contribution; Watson NEVER did! #Women #Science
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
James Watson was a pompous, self-serving thief who stole Rosalind Franklin's data on the structure of DNA, and never gave her credit. Crick and Wilkins finally came around and acknowledged Franklin's contribution; Watson NEVER did! #Women #Science
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...