thanksgiving has often been painted in warmer tones. we have longer tables with comfort food laid out in front of us, loud rooms full of people who feel like our home. it is a holiday that allows us to pause, to take a deep breath, and to name the things that we are grateful for. and yet for many of us, gratitude does not show up alone. it arrives hand-in-hand with something that seems much quieter, but more complicated. grief. maybe this year looks different for you than yea

james d. watson , the molecular biologist who helped reveal DNA's double-helix structure, has recently died on november 7th, 2025, at the age of 97 . his life and what he had discovered changed modern biology for the better, exposing how brilliance and bias can still coexist. in 1953, while working at cambridge with francis crick, watson co-proposed the double-helix model of DNA, revealing how genetic information is stored and replicated. their model drew from rosalind frankl

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