Dr James Watson

"It is a strange model and embodies several unusual features. However, since DNA is an unusual substance, we are not hesitant in being bold." By elucidating the structure of DNA, the molecule underlying all life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionised biochemistry. At the time, Watson was only 24. James Watson's uncompromisingly honest account of those heady days lifts the...

For the first time, the full story of asbestos use and tragic misuse in our country This is a uniquely Australian story. We have consumed asbestos goods like few other countries, for example, using it to build the ubiquitous fibro houses in new suburbs after World War II. But the story of asbestos goes back to a Gundagai mine in...