'Secret of life' discovery turns 50
Fifty years ago, on 28 February 1953, Francis Crick walked into the Eagle pub in Cambridge, UK, and announced something for which he would later share a Nobel Prize. "We have found the secret of life," his collaborator and subsequent fellow Nobel laureate James Watson later quoted him as saying.
Nature magazine special: Double Helix: 50 years of DNA, which includes various interesting pieces, including a PDF version of Crick & Watson's original DNA paper.