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Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators Regions of bird's brain likely duplicated at least 29 million years ago ...

Duke Study: Homework Helps Students Succeed in School, As Long as There Isn't Too Much The study, led by professor Harris Cooper, also shows that the positive correlation is much stronger for ...

Meet the Winners of the 2022 DST Launch Seed Grants Comprising eight teams from across Duke, 20 faculty recognized for high-impact interdisciplinary projects ...

Baby's Innate Number Sense Predicts Future Math Skill Innate ability to identify quantities previews future mathematics performance ...

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 ...

The discovery of the "exercise hormone" irisin three years ago and more than 170 related papers about it since have been called into question by recent research showing they were based on flawed ...

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 ...

A study of power plants in five states has found that metals and other toxic materials are able to leach out of the unlined pits in which coal ash is currently stored. These materials have been found ...

Church might be good for the soul, but it can be bad for one’s waistline, says a new report from Duke University. Research from Duke’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center for Social Equity shows that black men ...

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 ...

Hiroaki Matsunami led a team of scientists who systematically explored the triggers for specific odor receptors in the nose. No two people apparently smell things the same way. Photo credit - ...