2023.10.31

Nobel Oblige

Rosalind Franklin deserved a Nobel Prize for her work on the structure of DNA. Awarding her one posthumously is the honorable—and scientific— thing

Rosalind Franklin was excluded from the Nobel Prize that was awarded for the discovery of DNA's structure. (Photo 12/Getty Images)

Rosalind Franklin was excluded from the Nobel Prize that was awarded for the discovery of DNA's structure. (Photo 12/Getty Images)

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