From the archives: Nobel laureate James Watson

In this 2003 “Sunday Morning” report, half a century after the double-helix structure of DNA was first revealed, zoologist James Watson (who shared the Nobel Prize for its discovery) talked about how the groundbreaking revelation was made. Watson, who went on to lead the Human Genome Project (and later faced condemnation for offensive remarks about race), died on Nov. 6, 2025 at age 97.

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