2 days agoShareSaveSam WoodhouseBBC NewsShareSaveScience Photo LibraryJames Watson spent the rest of his life continuing to raise money for medical research, often shamelessly reaching for the heart strings. “Nothing attracts money like a quest for the cure to a terrible disease,” he said.He never stopped causing waves, warning that “Viagra is fighting evolution”. Men, he also argued, should store sperm in their teens to avoid an increased possibility of fathering children with developmental difficulties.He repeated his views on the link between race and intelligence in a 2019 documentary, after which the scientific community revoked his remaining honorary positions.He will be remembered as the “Godfather of DNA”, the man who unravelled the secrets of life, and a world-class controversialist who often put his foot in his mouth.
