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James Watson 1928–2025Science & MathematicsCo-discoverer of the DNA double helix structure, earning a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.E. O. Wilson 1929–2021Science & MathematicsBiologist whose studies of ants, biodiversity, and sociobiology reshaped ecology, evolution, and conservation debate.Jennifer Doudna b. 1964Science & MathematicsBiochemist who co-developed CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, revolutionizing genetics and medicine.Stephen Jay Gould 1941–2002Science & MathematicsPaleontologist and essayist who advanced punctuated equilibrium and became a leading public interpreter of evolution.Barbara McClintock 1902–1992Science & MathematicsCytogeneticist who discovered transposable elements and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Stanley Miller 1930–2007Science & MathematicsThe 1953 experiment that made amino acids from a simulated early atmosphereGeorge Beadle 1903–1989Science & MathematicsGeneticist who won the Nobel Prize for showing that genes control biochemical reactions in cells.