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 ...

Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center on Duke’s campus will serve as an early voting location in Durham County for the March 3 Primary Elections beginning Thursday, Feb. 12, through Saturday, Feb. 28.

This is the first in a series of stories about some of our newest Blue Devils. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where women and girls over age 12 are strictly prohibited from attending ...

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 ...

Four rising seniors whose undergraduate research has already uncovered discoveries in fields from cancer biology to the cultural influence of music have been named the 2025 Faculty Scholars, the ...

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 ...

Conservative Protestants tend to save less and accumulate fewer assets than other Americans, and their religious beliefs contribute to their low wealth, according to a new study by a Duke University ...

There are no hyphens when it comes to describing the French. All people in France are simply French. As a French citizen, your allegiance to France trumps all other aspects of your identity. In fact, ...

Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats. Commonly ...

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 ...

3-D imaging of fossils is not new. A technique called micro-computed tomography uses X-rays to create a 3-D model of a fossil from a series of cross-sectional slices, using an amped-up version of the ...

If move-in day was an Olympic sport for Duke administrators, President Vincent Price and Gary Bennett, the dean of Trinity College Arts and Sciences, were early medal contenders. But then, Price, in a ...