Why discovery of DNA's double helix was based upon 'rip-off' of female researcher's information

It is the popular lightbulb-going-off story every school child finds out: How James Watson and Francis Crick found the structure of DNA, sealing their location in clinical history. As William Brangham describes, a brand-new book entitled “The Secret of Life” paints a more uncomfortable image of how this well-known discovery came about, and why researcher Rosalind Franklin likewise should have credit.

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