California’s new summer normal: Use less water and electricity
Quotes Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and a senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing the state needs the right incentives to get people to conserve when needed.
Quotes Bruce Macintosh, professor of physics, calling a new study looking at stars that would have a good view of Earth as it passes around our sun "a lovely piece of scientific poetry."
Thanks to the pandemic, we now also have ‘an epidemic of sleep deprivation’
Article quotes Donn Posner, adjunct clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, warning that stress can lead to chronic insomnia.
Article reports that "The Huberman Lab Podcast" features Andrew Huberman, associate professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology, discussing neuroscience and "science based tools for everyday life."
Article quotes Laura Carstensen, director, Stanford Center on Longevity and professor in public policy, on how personality and emotions continue to develop as we age.
These Latino-owned businesses survived the pandemic. Here’s how they adapted
Article cites a study by the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative that found Paycheck Protection Program loan applications were denied at higher rates than those of white-owned businesses.
How to know if you have ‘phone addiction’ — and 12 ways to address it
Article quotes Simta Das, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on recognizing the value in limiting phone or social media use.
Charged Particles burnishes tenor sax titan Michael Brecker’s legacy on new album
Article quotes Jon Krosnick, professor of humanities and social sciences and drummer for the jazz trio Charged Particles, on saxophonist Michael Brecker's composition skills.
Iceland tested a 4-day workweek. Employees were productive — and happier, researchers say
Article quotes John Pencavel, professor of economics, emeritus, on how employees see diminishing returns at a certain point as their hours increase and also perform more poorly if they do not get enough rest days.
TikTok and Instagram inch closer to the streaming wars as competitive barriers blur
Article quotes Doug Melamed, professor of law, on how the Federal Trade Commission's ruling on Amazon's MGM acquisition will point to its attitude regarding big tech companies.
The inside guide: The gut microbiome’s role in host evolution
Article quotes Justin Sonnenburg, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, theorizing that some inflammatory diseases may be a result of a “mismatch” between people’s current microbiomes and those that they have evolved with over the last few million years.
Extreme heat: How to stay safe in scorching temperatures
Article quotes Grant Lipman, clinical professor of emergency medicine, on what goes on in a person's body when its core temperature rises above 106 degrees.
Article quotes Victor Carrion, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, advising those transitioning to a new work schedule to be resilient and adaptive.
The challenges of bipolar disorder in young people
Article quotes Terence Ketter, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, emeritus, on finding the right treatments for children with mental illness.
A robot that finds your lost stuff and more AI-enabled gadgets to come
Article reports on a toilet created at Stanford that can analyze micro stool samples to detect viruses like Covid-19 and blood, facilitating noninvasive diagnosis of issues like irritable bowel syndrome or colorectal cancer.
San Jose plans to be first U.S. city requiring firearms owners to pay back taxpayers for gun violence
Article quotes John Donohue, professor of law, arguing the right to possess guns does not exempt owners from the resulting financial costs to the government.
That class where Stanford profs projected hundreds of Zoom students on a video wall
Article quotes Robert Reich, professor of political science, on the effort to see as many of a course's students as possible, all at once, while teaching via video.
Experts debate reducing the Supreme Court’s power to strike down laws
Article quotes Michael McConnell, professor of law and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, commenting on the term-limit discussion for the Supreme Court.
Robot dives 3,000 feet to film creatures in mid-ocean ‘twilight zone’
Article reports that a research robot called Mesobot was jointly developed by Stanford, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Fourth of July is coming. Here’s what to know about travel in a reopened California
Article quotes Yvonne Maldonado, professor of pediatrics, on how regarding Covid safety, summer activities can be easier to manage with children because they are with their own families.
Massive study finds smartphones really are addicting. But skeptics remain cautious
Article reports on a paper co-written by Matthew Gentzkow, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, that studied people’s ability to maintain and reduce screen time usage.
A Stanford professor’s warning: Hybrid work could make you really, really hate Wednesdays
Article quotes Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on potential logistical challenges to letting employees choose their own hybrid work schedule.
California wildfires: Fighting bigger blazes with Silicon Valley technology
Article quotes Eric Appel, assistant professor of material science and engineering, advising caution with new fire-fighting technologies to avoid counterfeits. It also quotes Steve Blank, adjunct professor of management science and engineering, explaining various fire-fighting technologies available.