Except... they didn't. It was image #51—taken in 1952 that led them to their model. They have both admitted as much.

The photos used by W&C and by Franklin to figure out the structure of DNA were taken in 1952. So, they weren't in whatever presentation she gave in 1951.

Right, but that was before her research was secreted to them. She knew they were researching the same thing she was—she didn't know that they had her data and were using it to construct their own model. That's what's relevant, here. She thought she was publishing her work to stand on its own. Only after she'd…

Her article was published as support with W & C's because theirs was accepted for publication first. She had no choice but to publish her work as corroboration for their model. They didn't collaborate with her—it wasn't some, "yeah, as a team, we're gonna publish all this data!" thing. She had no idea that they had…

Geek girls have nothing to prove; hold signs proving they are geek girls.

She actually discovered the structure before Watson and Crick—they stole her data and published their paper (which was based on her stolen data) just days before she published her own paper. So they got credit. And she didn't. Then she died from cancer from x-ray exposure. And they got a Nobel Prize.

Good job, America!!!

" Start going to church or another place where bloody Bronze Age fairy tales and magical wine are served up in equal measure. "

Someone at Fox News needs to capitalize on this wonderful awkwardness. Picture it: full-on Crisis Mode (TM) graphic screen and desk environment, with the title: Shepard Describing Pictures on the Internet!

I suspect that Huma Abedin is not really "OK" with this.

That there was a personal history of abuse makes it "extra sad" because two generations of abuse is sadder than one generation of abuse, simply by virtue of quantity.

Done and done. :)

I live in Portland. It was 74 when I went out to lunch. But we also have 8 months of rain, so give and take.

I now desperately want to go home and put sunglasses on my Jack Russell Terrier for giggles.

World's worst law firm...

Daaamn! Get it girl!

Fox News had Zimmerman's racist brother on and asked him to comment on whether it was appropriate for the President to comment on a "local crime story." Because that's all this was, apparently. I can't believe this piece of shit is profiting off of his brother's heinous crime by becoming a frequent contributor on…

It seems that the more simple and truthful his words are, the more bonkers the right goes. I am tempted to see how on earth they can take any of this as race-baiting or inflammatory, but then I'm not sure how I would ever stop doing my impression of the Angriest Dog in the World.

It's crazy how the racists are taking his speech, they think Obama is trying to start a race war. What planet am I living on that that speech is trying to start a race war.

Quick, someone call Pope Alexander to come with the John Simms gifs so we can chant, "here come the trolls here come the trolls", cuz guess what, HERE COME THE TROLLS. Dear lord.