Get updates in your inbox to keep up with what’s happening at Duke!

If you think your parents let your younger siblings get away with everything, you're probably right. A new study from researchers at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of ...

A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes -- from platypuses to puffballs -- has been released.A collaborative effort among ...

Editor's Note: Avner Vengosh can be reached for additional comment at vengosh@duke.edu Duke provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. We are also ...

A difference at the smallest level of DNA -- one amino acid on one gene -- can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant. A different amino acid on the same gene in your friend's body could ...

The parrot's brain has a nested 'core and shell' structure for vocal learning. Neurons in the shell surrounding the established vocal centers of the parrot brain play a part in vocal learning and ...

It turns out that parents are right to nag: To succeed in school, kids should do their homework. Duke University researchers have reviewed more than 60 research studies on homework between 1987 and ...

This website provides information about the "Duke Lacrosse Case" in which three Duke players were accused in 2006 of rape and other crimes they did not commit. It includes links to the following ...

The binturong, or bearcat, is neither a bear nor a cat, but a shy member of the civet family that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Binturongs owe their popcorn-like scent to a chemical ...

Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University's Fuqua School of ...

People whose New Year resolutions include losing weight, starting an exercise regime or otherwise changing their behavior should look outward -- - to their environment -- - instead of relying simply ...

When Alfonzo’s lung cancer wasn’t responding to chemotherapy, his doctors at Duke offered to have him join a Duke-led clinical trial for a new type of therapy. He jumped at the opportunity and, two ...