China is Russia’s most powerful weapon for information warfare
Article quotes Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, on social media companies giving a platform to state media in countries where free speech is oppressed.
California wildfire smoke may rise to practically unbearable levels in next decades
Quotes Marshall Burke, associate professor of Earth system science and senior fellow at FSI, SIEPR and the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing that particle pollution from smoke is on the rise.
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe was declared ‘extinct’ in the 1920s. New DNA research says otherwise
Article quotes Noah Rosenberg, professor of population genetics and society, on a study that showed the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe has millennia-old ties to the Bay Area.
That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake
Article quotes Renée DiResta, research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, on the proliferation of computer-generated fake profile faces on LinkedIn.
Widely used diabetes drug linked to birth defects risk -study
Reports on Stanford research that found Metformin, a common treatment for type 2 diabetes, was associated with a 1.4 times greater risk of birth defects in boys whose fathers were taking the drug compared with those born to fathers who were not.
First ever gene therapy gel corrects rare genetic skin condition
Quotes Peter Marinkovich, associate professor of dermatology, commenting on work that developed a way to treat patients with a genetic condition that causes widespread skin blistering by inserting new collagen genes into their skin.
Move over global disinformation campaigns, deepfakes have a new role: corporate spamming
Quotes Renée DiResta, research manager, Stanford Internet Observatory, on how a technology that has been used to promote misinformation online has now entered the corporate world.
For kids, fear of the dark is common. Here are ways to help them
Quotes Mari Kurahashi, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how children's inability to distinguish fantasy from reality can be a factor in fear of the dark.
What if working in sweatpants unleashed your superpowers?
Quotes Richard Ford, professor of law and author of the recent book Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, predicting that athleisure wear will become more common in the office.
Article quotes Manu Prakash, associate professor of bioengineering and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on his work with biomechanical interactions in the simplest animals.
‘Deltacron’ hybrid COVID variant has been identified. Should you be worried?
Article quotes Benjamin Pinsky, associate professor of pathology and of medicine, on the so-called deltacron variant and recombinant mutations in general.
How Elon Musk’s satellite internet is coming to Ukraine’s defense
Article quotes Herbert Lin, senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, on how SpaceX can help bypass any centralized control over the internet.
Article quotes Vittorio Sebastiano, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, on how gene expression is the most important factor affecting health.
Pressure mounts on major tech companies to take tougher line against Russia
Quotes Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, arguing that “it’s appropriate for American companies to pick sides in geopolitical conflicts.”
Opinion piece that quotes Renée DiResta, research manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, on the speed of information about the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the internet.
Facebook, Apple and other tech giants face rising pressure over Ukraine
Quotes Daphne Keller, director of the program on platform regulation at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, on how Russia’s internet policies can clash with other governments’.
Cites a Stanford study that found 14 percent of the $140 billion in crop insurance paid to farmers between 1991 and 2017 could be attributed to losses associated with temperature increases.
It might be time to take methane removal seriously
Quotes Rob Jackson, professor of Earth system science and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on recent methane concentration increases.