Why is social connection so hard for Gen Z?
Social SciencesQ&A
Young adults crave closeness, says Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki, but misjudge how much their peers want that, too. His research found strategies that can help nudge people to take a chance on one another.
Stanford researchers reimagine the future of food
Earth & ClimateResearch
Dozens of faculty members at Stanford are working to transform the way the world grows, distributes, and consumes food, with research and scholarship spanning topics including sustainable food systems, food security, health equity, culture, and diet.
‘Civic Salons’ engage students on complex issues
AcademicsNews
A series of informal conversations in residence halls during winter quarter offered undergraduates an opportunity to discuss some of society’s most pressing challenges.
‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Science & EngineeringResearch
A Stanford study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life on the planet.
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Krill are, by fact of life, living and molting and pooping and dying, and all that is very important to bring carbon from the surface ocean to the deep sea. When krill are doing that at the population level, they end up being an important ally in the climate change fight.”
Matthew Savoca, Stanford ecologist, on the value of Antarctic krill as they face climate-related threats.
The NFL nearly broke Andrew Luck. At Stanford, he’s reinventing himself.
Luck gave everything to his shortened career as a quarterback. Now he’s back in the fray as the Cardinal’s first general manager.
‘Human activity on a massive scale’: a photo exhibition tackles the climate crisis
Photographs from across the globe capture the impact of people on the climate – and of the climate on people.
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