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Bullets, Blood and Ice
A professor-prospector's gritty lessons from the land.
by Daniel Arnold
Your Computer May Know You Have Parkinson’s. Shall It Tell You?
Based on your search history, your location data and even how you mouse, Eric Horvitz’s algorithms could alert you when it’s time to see a doctor.
by Jonathan Rabinovitz
My Summer Vacation: Three Weeks with Elephants
Magnificent animals. Extraordinary insights. Peeing in a Tupperware container. It’s all part of the deal for a research team in Namibia.
by Melinda Sacks
What’s the Shark Equivalent of Burning Man?
For decades, biologists thought white sharks were mostly solitary.
by Melinda Sacks
Dawn Patrol
Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn't have it any other way.
by Sam Scott
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
