Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder
Article quotes Sergiu Pasca, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, whose team found a way to restore brain cells impaired by Timothy syndrome.
Can millionaires save nature? Stanford gift tells tale of Tompkins conservation fight
Quotes University Librarian Michael Keller about the gift to Stanford University Libraries of the Tompkins Conservation archives, documenting work on the creation of national parks in Argentina and Chile that will inform future research on environmental policy, conservation, philanthropy, and environmental activism.
Is AI racially biased? Study finds chatbots treat Black-sounding names differently
Article quotes Julian Nyarko, professor of law, on a study that found significant disparities in how chatbots treat names associated with race and gender.
Can a ‘prescription’ for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Study after study say yes
Article quotes Lisa Goldman Rosas, assistant professor of epidemiology and population health and of medicine, on the impact of programs that provide a “prescription” for free produce.
San Francisco wants to offer free drug recovery books at its public libraries
Article quotes Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how free books could steer addicts to a recovery pathway that works for them.
What would it take to convince Americans that the economy is fine?
Article quotes Neale Mahoney, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on what it takes for consumer sentiment to match the state of the economy.
California is ‘ground zero’ for poor air quality, and getting bad
Article quotes Marshall Burke, associate professor at the Doerr School of Sustainability and senior fellow at FSI, SIEPR, and the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing climate change will increase air pollution from wildfire smoke.
Article quotes Michelle Mello, professor of law and of health policy, on how legal rules will need to evolve as AI is more and more used in medical situations.
PG&E storm outages: Why power restoration was challenging
Quotes Michael Wara, policy director for the Sustainability Accelerator at the Doerr School of Sustainability and director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing the biggest drivers of higher power rates are wildfires.
Quotes Jeremy Bailenson, professor of communication and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on how mixed reality should not be used for "unending engagement."
‘Life-saving’: EPA tightens US pollution controls on soot
Quotes Marshall Burke, associate professor at the Doerr School of Sustainability and senior fellow at FSI, SIEPR and the Woods Institute for the Environment, lauding the EPA’s strengthened pollution standards.
Taylor Swift conspiracy theorists get psyops all wrong
Reports on work by the Stanford Internet Observatory that looked at the result of a Pentagon effort to use dummy social media accounts to spread propaganda.
Nine ways to reset your relationship with social media
Article quotes Nina Vasan, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on using social media tools to curate a feed that inspires rather than pulls you down.
Interview with Christopher Gardner, professor of medicine, discussing a new Netflix series about his research about eating, and enlisting the help of twins.
Scientists uncover the earliest fossil evidence of photosynthesis
Quotes Kevin Boyce, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, on a study that found aqncient cyanobacteria contained structures for producing oxygen around 1.75 billion years ago.