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San Francisco Chronicle —

California wants to lead on AI, but its deficit might get in the way

Quotes Daniel Ho, professor of law and senior fellow at SIEPR, on the need for government to recruit AI experts.

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The Guardian —

Everyone is on their phones. But is it really phone addiction we’re experiencing?

Quotes Anna Lembke, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, describing phones as “the modern-day hypodermic needle.”

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NPR —

Wildfire smoke this year woke up places unaccustomed to its effects. Now what?

Quotes Scott Fendorf, professor of Earth systems science and senior associate dean for integrative initiatives at the Doerr School of Sustainability, on how in 2023 wildfires affected parts of the nation not normally used to them. It also quotes Sam Heft-Neal, research scholar at the Center on Food Security and Environment at FSI, on how wildfire smoke can affect people.

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The Atlantic —

A very, very expensive emoji

Quotes Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on how emoji use is part of a broader business trend toward more casual communication.

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Newsweek —

Neuroscientists find way to make people more hypnotizable

Quotes David Spiegel, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how hypnosis can help people control chronic conditions.

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The Wall Street Journal —

The future is bright if you know where to look

Quotes Erik Brynjolfsson, senior fellow at Human Centered AI and at SIEPR, on how artificial intelligence can accelerate the discovery process.

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USA Today —

‘You Are What You Eat’: Meet the twins making changes to their diet in Netflix experiment

Reports on a Netflix series that documents a Stanford research project that looked at identical twins who followed completely opposite diets and monitored their progress over a course of eight weeks.

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San Jose Mercury News —

Stanford Children’s Health Teen Van treats those on roads less traveled

Article quotes Arash Anoshiravani, clinical associate professor of pediatrics, on the benefits the Health Teen Van brings to the community.

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The New York Times —

How much weight comes back after stopping a weight-loss drug?

Quotes Michelle Hauser, clinical associate professor of surgery, comparing weight-loss drugs to other drugs that treat chronic conditions.

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ABC News —

Advancements in medical care could be saving lives amid conflicts around the world

Quotes Thomas Weiser, clinical professor of surgery, on how technology and social media have changed how doctors work in remote locations.

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