crick

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In a 1979 survey for Scientific American, Crick discussed new methods in neuroscience, including mapping areas of the brain and using computers to model neural networks of the kind that now power AI systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

In 1951 there arrived in Cambridge, as Mr. Cobb describes him, “a tall, thin, bug-eyed American called Jim Watson,” who began collaborating with Crick on the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Demonstrating that DNA has a three-dimensional, double-helix shape allowed Watson and Crick to unlock the secrets of how cells worked, and how characteristics were passed down through generations.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and led by scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, Stockholm University, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of East Anglia.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Without Crick to balance me, I’m unsteady on my feet.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera