Silk modified to reflect sunlight keeps skin 12.5°C cooler than cotton
Reports on work by Shanhui Fan, professor of applied physics and senior fellow at PIE, to create a form of silk that blocks more of the sun, keeping people cooler.
All those 23andMe spit tests were part of a bigger plan
Quotes Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, arguing for a system that would require a third party to broker data and make sure consumers are compensated fairly.
The world has pledged to stop deforestation before. But trees are still disappearing at an ‘untenable rate.’
Quotes Gretchen Daily, professor of biology and senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, on the advantages of avoiding deforestation.
What is the metaverse – and why does Mark Zuckerberg care so much about it?
Quotes Jeremy Bailenson, professor of communication and founding director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, on how the limit for virtual reality use in his lab is 30 minutes per day.
Quotes Grace Lee, professor of pediatrics and chair of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, who says she voted to recommend the COVID-19 vaccination shots for kids because they’re more effective than face masks at preventing the disease.
An author’s reminder: Philanthropy isn’t defined by money
Quotes Lucy Bernholz, senior resident scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, on how philanthropy encompasses many different types of giving beyond foundations giving money to nonprofits.
How remote workers can separate work and home lives
Quotes Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on setting "exclusion hours" where calls, emails and meetings will not happen.
Why people keep scrolling when they say they are done with Facebook
Quotes Anna Lembke, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how continuing a behavior inconsistent with a person's values is a sign of addiction.
California got a lot of rain, but not nearly enough to end the drought
Quotes Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and a senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on how the recent rains shortened the wildfire season but did not overcome the drought deficit.
HHS pledges more effort, resources toward harm reduction for drug users
Quotes Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how congressional funding will be the key to the success of a new strategy to combat drug overdoses.
Climate inaction costlier than net zero transition
Quotes Charles Kolstad, senior fellow at SIEPR, at the Precourt Institute for Energy and at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on the cost to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Quotes Anat Admati, professor of finance and economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on how the unfairness of business and financial systems can leave people discouraged and distrustful.
The world ‘has found a way to do this’: The U.S. lags on paid leave
Quotes Maya Rossin-Slater, associate professor of health policy and senior fellow at SIEPR, arguing many of the improved health outcomes for newborn babies and their mothers might not be achieved through a benefit as short as four weeks.
Article quotes Christopher Manning, professor of linguistics and of computer science, on how the rising cost of AI models puts them beyond the reach of many companies.
Colin Powell’s greatest legacy is in the people he inspired
Opinion piece written by Condoleezza Rice, professor of global business and the economy and of political science and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at FSI, arguing Colin Powell didn't take his success for granted but believed that his life and all that he achieved were an affirmation of America’s possibilities.
Stanford study finds why writing a letter to a teacher can turn around the lives of some students
Quotes Greg Walton, associate professor of psychology, commenting on a study that found formerly incarcerated students who wrote letters to their teachers were less than half as likely as their peers to return to jail.
Living near oil and gas wells exposes you to toxic gases. CA study shows just how much
Quotes Marshall Burke, associate professor of earth system science and center fellow at FSI, on how knowing the magnatude of air pollutants from drilling will help inform decisions on how to intervene.