Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem's long-running celebration of film has new leadership. Rob Davis officially takes the helm of the RiverRun International Film Festival Monday.

Olympian Kathleen Baker took home a key to the city of Winston-Salem this weekend, capping off a month of achievement for the swimmer who earned two medals in Rio.

How can you tell the age of a turtle? This is an important question, especially when it concerns the critically endangered Hawaiian hawksbill turtle. The answer is the bomb! 

The homicide rate in Winston-Salem jumped in the first half of 2016. In that period, the city has experienced 14 homicides; in the same six-month window last year, there were just seven.  

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.

An art exhibition opening in Winston-Salem Friday is, at first glance, a substantial collection of prints encompassing the last five centuries. But it's much more.

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.