Despite common lore about major lapses in memory, the effects of healthy aging on cognitive functions are actually quite subtle, says Stanford neurologist Sharon Sha.
Mounds of wind-driven sand are ubiquitous in science fiction, maybe because they hold the keys to real knowledge about our solar system. Mathieu Lapôtre has the scoop.
Lanier Anderson, who has guided Stanford students’ journeys of self-discovery for more than 25 years, brings a philosopher’s sensibility to his role as interim vice provost for undergraduate education.
Christopher Gardner on Netflix’s ‘You Are What You Eat’
The Netflix series You Are What You Eat features Christopher Gardner discussing a Stanford Medicine-led trial of identical twins comparing vegan and omnivore diets.
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Amy Zegart on AI and spycraft
A profession that once hunted diligently for secrets is now picking through huge haystacks for needles of insight – precisely the kind of work at which AI excels.
“These stories can withstand being turned upside down, torn apart, and reconstructed,” says Stanford Live's Laura Evans on staging this season’s theme of reflection and reinvention. A modern retelling of Frankenstein using shadow puppetry, film, and live music shows this weekend at Bing Concert Hall.
The physicist and faculty director of the Stanford Arts Institute wants to move “away from hybridizing art and science and toward resurrecting their last common ancestor.”
As she begins her new role this week, Jenny Martinez shares her thoughts on free speech, the IDEAL initiative, science fiction, and more. “We have so much to contribute to the world.”
The unintended consequences of antitrust regulation
Engineering Professor Riitta Katila on the impact of interventions intended to promote competition: “Big tech platforms often get a bad rap for killing innovation, but our findings show that it’s more nuanced than that.”
The disproportionate impacts of the Morocco earthquake
Postdoctoral fellow Samia Errazzouk discusses the historical and infrastructural factors complicating recovery efforts for those hardest hit by the Sept. 8 quake.
Archivist Henry Lowood on the quest to save classic video games
Libraries play a critical role in preserving video games, but legal restrictions are impacting preservation efforts in unexpected ways, says Stanford’s Silicon Valley Archives curator Henry Lowood.
Kavita Patel on the new Biodesign Policy Fellowship
Stanford physician Kavita Patel discusses the new Biodesign Policy Fellowship. Fellows will learn how new therapies, treatments, and technologies are created and how laws and regulations determine the path into patient care.
