Study links hurricanes to higher death rates long after storms pass
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U.S. tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm. Understanding why could help minimize future deaths from hazards fueled by climate change.
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We’ve sacrificed young people’s ability to grapple with long-form texts.”
Antero Garcia, associate professor of education, on how the shift in middle and high school from books to short informational passages that mimic the format of standardized reading-comprehension tests has affected students
California faces ‘unprecedented’ local spread of dengue fever, possibly driven by climate change
Erin Mordecai, associate professor of biology, on how climate change is making the temperature more suitable for longer periods of the year for the vector mosquito to thrive and spread disease
Meet the Stanford composer behind sold-out symphony shows of Grateful Dead songs
Giancarlo Aquilanti, senior lecturer and director of music theory at Stanford University, on arranging dozens of the Grateful Dead’s hits into symphonic adaptations in a collaboration with Bob Weir