Topic
biology
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Science & Technology February 28 1953
The Secret of Life: Cracking the Structure of DNA
On 28 February 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the double-helix structure of DNA at Cambridge, revealing how living things copy and pass on their genetic information.
Science & Technology November 24 1859
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: On the Origin of Species Is Published
On 24 November 1859, John Murray of London published Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. The entire first printing was taken up by the book trade on publication day — and biology has been reorganized around it ever since.