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One Mother, Two Species: Ant Queens Clone Other Species to Increase Colony Productivity

Alessandra Dodson

Credit: Blueprint

The Cost of Five Letters: Rethinking the MD-PhD Advantage

Real-World AI, Not-So-Real Foundations: How Synthetic Data Shapes the World’s Leading Models

Arjun Saha Choudhury

Credit: Dr. Laura Tafe

Beyond the Stethoscope: Medicine, Mindfulness, and the Art of Looking Within

News

Credit: Penn Medicine

Funding Woes to Nobel Heroes: Congratulations to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman

All About Solar Eclipses

Meet the Crew of Artemis II

Credit: Lee Berger et al., E. Life Sciences

Firepits and Funerals in the Paleolithic Age

Spotlights

Credit: Richard Wong (UPE ’26)

An Ecosystem within an Ecosystem: A Conversation with Richard Wong in the Gibert and Wright Labs

Credit: Ramaswamy et al., 2024

Melodies of Memory: How Music Therapy Has Transformed Dementia Care

Credit: Duke Health

Walling Off Pathogens with Hepatocytes: A Conversation with Yu-Ming Li in the Miao Lab

Enhancing Mentorship and Diversity in STEM: Duke’s Health and Environmental Scholars Program

High School Science Communication Challenge

Credit: Assil Gaur Eye Institute

Reprogramming Sight: How Stem Cells Are Being Harnessed to Reverse Vision Loss

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: Getty Images

Biology’s Biggest Plot Twist: The Jellyfish That Rewinds Time

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: the NIH

Navigating Nav1.7: The Future of Pain Medication

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: California Institute of Technology

The Bandage of the Future: Healing Wounds with Smart Technology

Duke Vertices Staff