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The official magazine for TIPsters in 7th–10th grade

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We’ve Harvested Some Scientific Facts about Fall

October 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Have you ever had this experience, or something like it? It's mid-October. You're taking a leisurely stroll through the neighborhood park. The crisp autumn air fills your lungs. You take a crisp bite out of an especially crisp Honeycrisp apple. Your beloved corgi or dachshund … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: food, genetics, knitting, mathematics, science, words

Down the Rabbit Hole with the Permafrost Puppy

January 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

We recently posted a story on Duke TIP's Facebook page about Dogor, the two-month-old puppy whose DNA has rekindled a scientific debate over just when and where wolves and dogs started going their separate ways on the canine evolutionary tree. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: citizen science, dna research, dogs, genetics

To Be a Scientist, You Must Know More than Just Science

March 15, 2018 Leave a Comment

Trey Ideker is a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Diego. He is also a 2009 recipient of TIP's Distinguished Alumni Award for his contributions to genetics and cancer research, so when we wanted to talk to someone about science and what it's like to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Features, Shop Talk Tagged With: accidents and imagination, computer science, engineering, genetics, science, stem

Exploring Genetics with a TIP Alum

January 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

Kiran Musunuru receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award from Duke TIP's Executive Director, Shawna Young, at the 2017 Grand Recognition Ceremony..Kiran Musunuru won TIP’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017 for his outstanding achievements in genetic research. After studying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hat TIPs Tagged With: biology, genetics, how we got here, science, stem

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