Psychologist Gregory Walton shares science-backed ways to combat self-doubt
Social SciencesVideo
In Ordinary Magic, Walton explores the power of “wise interventions” — evidence-based techniques to help people thrive and build confidence.
Study finds foreign aid sanctions set back progress on maternal and child health
Health & MedicineResearch
Researchers analyzed three decades of sanctions on foreign aid to assess their impact on health. They hope the work can help government officials better understand and address how foreign policy decisions affect the well-being of local populations.
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.
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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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