James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering the structure of DNA, died last week at the age of 97. He was a scientific giant, but in the final two decades of his life, he falsely stated ...

Oak Hill, the 1,240-acre historic estate of former President James Monroe, is now in the hands of The Conservation Fund.

Assata Shakur, a symbol of resistance against imperialism, continues to inspire young activists after her death in Havana at ...

The Conservation Fund has completed the acquisition of Oak Hill, the 1,200-acre Loudoun County estate of former U.S.

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

The co-discoverer of the structure of DNA helped to strengthen a US research institute and wrote a classic textbook, but also ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a ...

Under a cloudy November sky, the people of Metcalfe County gathered Sunday afternoon to honor one of Kentucky’s most respected public servants, Judge Tom Emberton, with the unveiling of a life-sized ...

Some of the lesser-known characters Marvel has forgotten throughout the years still have the potential to make a grand ...