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As the population ages, robots are poised to offer a helping hand, a leg up, and a pep for your step.
In Two Years, There Could Be 10 Million Self-Driving Cars on the Roads
A laboratory at Stanford is working madly to keep us safe in that future.
by Melinda Sacks
The Environment and the Bottom Line
Sometimes, policies can protect both. Biologist Gretchen Daily shows us how.
by Melinda Sacks
Chief Kindness Officers?
At Stanford’s GSB, compassion class is a crowd favorite.
by Melinda Sacks
Dianne Feinstein Goes Her Own Way
Resisting the pull of today's partisan politics is challenging. But the California senator has plenty of practice at breaking a different path.
by Romesh Ratnesar
When Rugby Ruled
For more than a decade in the early 1900s, a gentleman’s game from across the pond supplanted football at Stanford. It took a world war to turn back the tide.
by Sam Scott
What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
Sixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving?
by Sam Scott
Why Mindset Matters
According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble.
by Marina Krakovsky
What ‘Ghost Particles’ Might Tell Us About Our Origins
Stanford physicists hope an elusive subatomic particle will help us answer big questions.
by Daisy Yuhas
The Moral Force of Deborah Rhode
For four decades, her leadership has helped define the ethics of power and parity.
by John Roemer
