Portland artist Kindra Crick shows off “What Mad Pursuit,” a sculpture inspired by the work of her grandfather, DNA pioneer Francis Crick. (Credit: Alex Crick / @crickontour) The granddaughter of ...

Francis Crick, one of the premier biologists of the 20th century, passed away last week in San Diego. On his 88th birthday last month, I brought him chocolates and spent the day with him in his home ...

Biologist Francis Crick had a “eureka” moment in 1953, and made sure people knew it. Crick told patrons of the Eagle Pub in Cambridge, England that he and fellow biologist James Watson had “found the ...

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, who co-discovered the spiral, “double-helix” structure of DNA in 1953 and opened the way for everything from gene-spliced crops and medicines to DNA ...

Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts at Heritage Auctions, shows a lab coat worn by Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, the1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine winner, Wednesday, ...

SAN DIEGO – Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick (search), who with James Watson (search) discovered the spiral, "double-helix" structure of DNA, paving the way for everything from DNA blood ...

The drama that surrounded Francis Crick and James Watson’s 1953 unveiling of the structure of DNA is no secret — Watson described the heated competition between two British research groups in his ...

"Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important discovery." Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. That's the humble start to the ...

This is no ordinary family heirloom. The granddaughter of English scientist Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who passed away in 2004, is putting his Nobel Prize medal up on the ...

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Michael A. Hiltzik is a Times staff writer. He last wrote for the magazine about the dispute over screenwriting credits for the film "Spider-Man." His gait is slower now, his voice no longer quite as ...

In the economic slump following World War I, Francis Crick's family moved to London. At school there, Crick was especially interested in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. He went on to study ...