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Features

Bird Brains: The Remarkable Intelligence of Avian Species

Credit: Ashleigh Waterman

Brain Glue: The Structure and Function of Neuroligin-3

Ashleigh Waterman

Credit: California Academy of Sciences

Who Gets to Be A Scientist? The State of Diversity in STEM Research and Education

Grace Richardson

Credit: Reuters

Frozen Secrets: How a Novel Technique Unlocked the Woolly Mammoth Genome

Ruth Ramirez Hernandez

News

Credit: David Malakoff

Weathering the NIH Grant Freeze

Credit: SpotitEarly

Sniffing Out Cancer: How Dogs and AI Could Revolutionize Cancer Diagnosis

Michelle Hsiung

Credit: Conservation Biology Institute

The Science Behind the California Wildfires

Credit: Discover Durham

Duke’s Role in the Quantum Revolution

Emerson Cortazar

Spotlights

Credit: Faith and Leadership

Climate Change and Compassion: A Conversation with Norman Wirzba

Undergraduate Spotlight: Sophia Wilson (Trinity ’24)

Undergraduate Spotlight: Maia Kotelanski (Trinity ’25)

Credit: Csilla Cseke/EPA

Katalin Karikó and the mRNA Vaccine

High School Science Communication Challenge

Credit: New Scientist

Could There Finally Be a Cure for the Seemingly Incurable Endometriosis?

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: Sulikowski et al.

Sharks and BATs: How Scientists are Tracking Marine Apex Predators

Duke Vertices Staff