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...Watson, who joined the lab as director in 1968, said that he was stepping down immediately both as chancellor and as a member of the board...
...third floor of Harvard’s Biological Laboratories hangs a plaque that reads, “In these rooms from 1955 to 1976 James D. Watson pioneered in the revolution of molecular biology...
...most famous biologists of the 20th century, Watson shook the scientific community after The Sunday Times Magazine of London quoted him as having said, “All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours—whereas all the testing says not really,” the newspaper quoted him as saying in reference to blacks...
It’s been a bad week for James D. Watson. After comments made by the renowned biologist implying that blacks might be genetically inferior to whites surfaced in the Times of London, Watson has faced a public uproar, comparisons to segregationist leaders, and dismissal from prominent scientific positions. There is talk of Watson losing his position as chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—an institution he helped shape, ironically enough, from a relic of the eugenics movement to the cutting-edge research institution that is today—and many have suggested that his scientific...
...James D. Watson, the world-famous former Harvard researcher who recently made and then apologized for comments suggesting a link between race and intelligence, has seen his book tour cancelled and his position as chancellor of a prominent research laboratory suspended. But the controversial scientist who helped discover DNA still holds his position on the board of the Seed Media Group, which runs a popular science magazine and online media outlet. Aside from its monthly magazine, the group operates over 60 blogs which receive over 1.5 million visits each month, according to company statistics. Watson authored a piece on memory...