Biology

C. elegans worms whose mothers didn’t get enough to eat during pregnancy cope better with famine. Photo by Richard Pell, Carnegie Mellon.

October 27, 2016

Underfed Worms Program Their Babies to Cope With Famine

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Paul Ehrlich

October 11, 2016

Biologist Paul Ehrlich, Author of The Population Bomb to Speak on Oct. 18

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Peter Klopfer's Darwin's Grandfather

October 3, 2016

Commentary: Evolution and the curious kid

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October 2, 2016

Endangered no more? A record of species recovery

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September 19, 2016

Two Scholars Look Back at 50 Years of the Duke Lemur Center

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voice and politics

August 26, 2016

Steve Nowicki: How Voice Pitch Influences Our Choice of Leaders

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a busily developing fruit fly embryo

August 26, 2016

Watch the Rapid Cell Division of a Fruit Fly Embryo

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Ocean fish

August 23, 2016

Sonke Johnsen: In the ocean, invisibility trumps ultra-vision

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Squinting won’t help you spot the fish in this photo. These snub-nosed darts blend seamlessly into their watery surroundings with help from their silvery reflective skin. Photo by Justin Marshall, University of Queensland, Australia.

August 23, 2016

In the Ocean, Clever Camouflage Beats Super Sight

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Sonke Johnsen on animals' eyes

August 22, 2016

Which animal has the biggest eyes?

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August 18, 2016

Diving Into the Deep Ocean With Laura Bagge

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August 8, 2016

Of Butterfly Wings and Caterpillar Brains

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The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar. Photo by Rod Waddington.

July 18, 2016

Lemur DNA Tells of Madagascar’s Forested Past

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July 12, 2016

Disentangling the Plant Microbiome

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The iconic red fly agaric mushroom is one of more than 90,000 species of fungi that have been described. Researchers report that fungi may owe their abilities to grow, spread, and even cause disease to an opportunistic virus they caught more than a billi

May 9, 2016

Hijacked Cell Division Helped Fuel Rise of Fungi

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April 30, 2016

Honoring Teaching, Leadership in Trinity College

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