Blue Devil of the Week: Fighting Extinction with Science Nicholas School professor Stuart Pimm pioneers steps to protect threatened species Name: Stuart Pimm Position: Doris Duke Chair of...
Duke Flags Lowered: Scientist-Sculptor Stephen Wainwright Dies Over more than 30 years at Duke, the discipline-straddling professor helped shape the field of biomechanics DURHAM, N.C. -- Stephen A. Wainwright, a Duke University zoology professor whose work merged...
The Making of a Root How plants harness 'bad' molecules for good ends DURHAM, N.C. -- When most people think of a plant, they picture stems, leaves, flowers, and all...
Shaking Off Outmoded Ideas On Race Humankind isn't divided into biological races, yet that idea persists, scholars say. The racial divisions that so permeate American society are not rooted in biology, a group of...
How Status Sticks to Genes Bullies may come and go, but the ‘molecular memory’ of being a target lingers Those at the bottom of the social ladder are known to live shorter and sicker lives than those...
