By studying the chemical secrets locked in coastal rocks, geoscientist Jane Willenbring says, we can tell what coastlines looked like a thousand years ago and predict how far they’ll retreat in the future.
Interdisciplinary research teams will convert plastic into food, grow self-fertilizing crops, equip law enforcement to stop illegal deforestation, and more with grants from the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
Stanford Law’s William Gould weighs in on the United Auto Workers strike: “The parties are far apart. I would expect the strike to build and last weeks, perhaps months.”
An unusual research collaboration between more than 25 academics and the platform Meta tracked tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram users during the 2020 election cycle. Their surprising finding? Altering users’ feeds didn’t significantly affect their political attitudes.
A new analysis of mass extinction at the genus level, from researchers at Stanford and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, finds a “mutilation of the tree of life” with massive potential harms to human society.
Improv theater experts Dan Klein and Adam Tobin share their tips for keeping your cool in spur-of-the-moment speaking situations on this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart.
Meet Sathvik Nori, ’25, the youngest person ever elected to the Sequoia Union High School District board of trustees. Nine months into his four-year term, the CS major has adjusted to life as a full-time student with a part-time public service career.
“The key is to be willing to adapt your studies to suggestions that community members have, in terms of what might be more equitable for their community.”
