Natural Sciences

Cynthia Rudin in computer lab

August 30, 2021

Algorithms That Show Their Work

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A toothed whale clears its blowhole. Photo by Friedrich Frühling

August 17, 2021

How Whale Noses Moved to the Top of Their Head

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July 26, 2021

Making a Scientific Miracle Count in the Real World

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scrabble tiles spelling out crash diet

July 22, 2021

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to a Modern Weight-Loss Diet

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briefing graphic with a happy dog

July 14, 2021

Preparation Can Help Dogs Cope with Their People Returning to Work

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Biologist Lucia Strader

July 13, 2021

Biologist Lucia Strader on Helping Plants Prepare for Environmental Challenges

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Arce (center, in Black) works on the mural with a group of students.

July 12, 2021

Duke Physicist’s Work Inspires Washington D.C. Mural

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By teasing trace amounts of DNA from this partially fossilized jawbone, nearly 1,500 years after the creature’s death, scientists have managed to reconstruct the first giant lemur genome. Credit: University of Antananarivo and George Perry, Penn State

July 8, 2021

In Drawers of Old Bones, New Clues to the Genomes of Lost Giants

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June 29, 2021

Tour the Duke Research Greenhouse

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A chimpanzee researchers have named Duane watches the sunrise in Uganda. (Florian Moellers)

June 16, 2021

Sweeping Analysis Concludes There’s No Cheating Old Age

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image of microscope looking at high end computer chip

June 7, 2021

$100 Million to Advance Duke Science and Technology Research

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Duke UCEM Director Jacqueline Looney (center, front row) with members of the 2019 cohort of Sloan Scholars

May 25, 2021

Sloan Foundation Renews $1 Million to Duke to Increase Underrepresented Ph.D. Graduates in STEM

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Ecology: The Study of Our House YouTube Graphic

May 12, 2021

Ecology: The Study of Our Home

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The theory of continental drift reconciled similar fossil plants and animals now found on widely separated continents. The southern part after Pangaea breaks (Gondwana) is shown here evidence of Wegener’s theory. (Image credit: United States Geological Su

April 19, 2021

The Physics of "In-Between" Is Changing Our Understanding of Physical Transitions

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Haiyan Gao

April 4, 2021

Duke Physicist to Again Lead Premier National Lab

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2021 Goldwater Scholars from Duke University, left to right: Yasa Baig, John Boom, Grace Dessert and Anish Karpurapu

March 29, 2021

Four Duke Juniors Named National Goldwater Scholars

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