Durham

After nearly two decades in the Triad, a live music venue beloved by audiences and musicians alike will shutter its doors in January.

Here's the idea: people see animal footprints in the wild more often than they see actual animals.

Across North Carolina there have been very few problems at the polls. The one exception to that rule is Durham County.

What is keeping a genetically altered super-villain bug from escaping Duke University's synthetic biology labs, and destroying humanity Holloywood-style? 

A Duke University scientist has engineered genetically altered “swarmbots” that can only survive in a swarm of their own kind. And that's just the start of it all.

As a parent, I can tell you that naming a child can be a drawn-out exercise in creativity and diplomacy. So with that said, why does my mom still call me by my aunt's name? I always took this as a character flaw. But recently, when I called my 6-year-old son for dinner - using the dog's name -  I concluded that this must be science!  And it seems I was right. 

Creating a performing arts center can draw people and businesses to a city's downtown area, but it takes a lot of money and forethought to make it happen.