Intro robotics students build AI-powered robot dogs from scratch
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In CS 123, students bring together artificial intelligence and engineering fundamentals to design and upgrade “Pupper,” a walking quadruped robot.

New study shows how biomass changed over 500 million years
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The findings strengthen evidence that conserving biodiversity is critical to the health of people and the planet.

As heart attack deaths decline, chronic heart disease is on the rise
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Since 1970, heart attack deaths have fallen by nearly 90%, driven by advances in treatment and public health efforts. But research also reveals a rise in deaths from other heart conditions.

What the science says about sunscreen
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We asked Stanford Medicine dermatologists to clarify the facts about sunscreen products.
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Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford biologist and environmental scientist, on new research showing the impacts of a decline in large scavenger species.
Immigration raids add to absence crisis for schools
A study by education Professor Thomas S. Dee found that daily absences jumped 22 percent around the time raids occurred.
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