Course and exhibition explore our relationship with apes
An exhibition and undergraduate course at Stanford examines the peculiar scrutiny people have placed on their primate relatives to better understand the human condition.
Remembering pioneering biologist Norman K. Wessells
The pioneering biologist and former dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences was known as “an artist at the chalkboard” whose work helped explain the building blocks of life.
Yakov Eliashberg receives 2024 Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The Stanford mathematician was honored for research that has “fundamentally transformed several areas of geometry” and revealed unexpected connections between fields.
In a spring quarter course taught by Deans Debra Satz and Paul Brest, scholars with opposing viewpoints will model meaningful conversations about some of the most polarizing issues facing college campuses and society.
The latest version of ChatGPT passes the Turing test with flying colors and has a more agreeable disposition than most humans. How might our own behavior evolve as a result?
Anxiety and depression among Latino groups in the United States have risen during times of heightened enforcement and policy tug-of-war, new research shows.
Clashing genes drive the development of distinct species
Researchers have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility, a phenomenon that creates reproductive barriers between species and evolutionarily splits them apart.
