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A Stanford student with cystic fibrosis sets off on a 65K — with an IV in his arm.

Finding peace under a cultural magnifying glass.

Deep in the Cascades, my father's legacy lives on.

An Elegy for the ‘O’

I did it all for science and a little spending money.

I'm in love with an 18th-century cello. So I traveled to Italy to figure out how to make one just like it. Well, almost.

STANFORD senior writer Melinda Sacks was waking up in Hawaii when the missile alert came across her phone. This is what she went through.

Could video games help our dad reclaim what he'd lost?

What a partnership with two caregivers taught me about family.

How my wife and I shake it off in a kitchen across the pond.