If you're over 30, you probably walked to school, played on the monkeybars, learned to high-dive at the public pool. If you're younger, it's unlikely you did any of these things. Has the world become that much more dangerous? ...

While many wonder what the pervasive use of technology is doing to our brains, Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks asks a bigger, more profound question: can cutting-edge neurological research into the way a child’s brain ...

Has the red tape of the political process gotten you down? In this step-by-step practical handbook, former mayor Omar Ahmad explains in clear detail what it takes to move a great idea down the sometimes confusing path of ...

These comments were submitted on behalf of the Scholarly Communications Office at Duke University in response to a request for information from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. They address questions ...

Copyright law is a source of a great deal of bewilderment and frustration to academic librarians. Beyond the basics of copyright protection and fair use, most librarians struggle to grasp the complexity of the law and the ...

As global warming continues, the massive ice caps at Earth’s poles are melting at an increasingly alarming rate. Water once safely anchored in glacial ice is surging into the sea. The flow could become a deluge, and millions ...

A draft of the Open Access policy proposed to the faculty of Duke University by a Provost-appointed task force on the digital future. The policy was adopted by the University Academic Council as presented in this document ...

Scouring the Internet for an answer to a complex question is not only frustrating but often futile. Asking a search engine where to take your next vacation or what film you might enjoy often results in a deluge of useless, ...