Pro-China Twitter accounts flood hashtag critical of Beijing Winter Olympics
Quotes Renée DiResta, research manager, Stanford Internet Observatory, explaining how Chinese authorities promote content to create a positive perception of the country.
Cites a study from Stanford's Center for Longevity that found older workers who have achieved life milestones have different career goals and motivations than younger people.
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are photobombing astronomy images, study says
Quotes Bruce Macintosh, professor of physics, commenting on a recent paper that shows astronomy images are being marred by streaks of reflected sunlight left by the fast-moving objects.
Forget Zoom school. For some students, class is in session in VR
Quotes Jeremy Bailenson, professor of communication and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, describing his "Virtual People" class, which explores various aspects of virtual reality.
Quotes Zara Patel, associate professor of otolaryngology, arguing neti pots have a “very, very high level of evidence, randomized controlled trial evidence, that shows that it does work."
TV ads and ballot initiatives: How solar power became a hot California political issue
Quotes Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and a senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, how changing the solar power rules have riled up solar owners.
A fight over rooftop solar threatens California’s climate goals
Quotes Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental energy, on a proposal to cut the incentives California homeowners receive to install rooftop solar systems.
Interview including Nolan Williams, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on a new version of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, tailored to each patients’ neurocircuitry.
Why fast-spreading Omicron won’t end COVID pandemic with herd immunity
Quotes Erin Mordecai, associate professor of biology and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on how the virus evolves variants very quickly, which can weaken immunity build-up.
Is Russia or China the biggest cyber threat? Experts are split
Quotes Herbert Lin, senior research scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, arguing Russia "seems to be more interested in sowing chaos."
GM expands market for hydrogen fuel cells beyond vehicles
Cites a Stanford study that found most hydrogen production emits carbon dioxide, which means that hydrogen-fueled transportation cannot yet be considered clean energy.
Article quotes Duana Fullwiley, associate professor of anthropology, comparing an individual's symptoms from Omicron to the effect on the whole healthcare system.
YIVO Institute makes archives of Yiddish life available online
Quotes Steven Zipperstein, professor of Jewish culture and history, on the release of artifacts from collections in Lithuania and New York that document Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe before World War II.
CDC recommends first Covid-19 boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds
Quotes Grace Lee, professor of pediatrics, on how the extra doses could prevent infections as well as severe outcomes and help keep children in schools.
This dark matter radio could tune into new physics
Quotes Kent Irwin, professor of physics, and Peter Graham, associate professor of physics, on their efforts to "hear" dark matter particles using a super-cooled experiment in the Hansen Experimental Physics Lab.