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If Romance Goes Sideways, This Algorithm Might Help
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If Romance Goes Sideways, This Algorithm Might Help

The Stanford Marriage Pact matches students with their potential backup spouses.

by Sam Scott

How to Build a Dodgeball Dynasty
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How to Build a Dodgeball Dynasty

One freshman dorm's path to greatness.

by Jill Patton

The Environment and the Bottom Line
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The Environment and the Bottom Line

Sometimes, policies can protect both. Biologist Gretchen Daily shows us how.

by Melinda Sacks

What Happens When Your Figure Skating Career Ends?
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What Happens When Your Figure Skating Career Ends?

After women retire from sports that focus on their youth and bodies, they have to figure out their real long program. Rachael Flatt helps build digital mental-health tools for those who will come next.

by Emily Hite

How to Have Meaningful Conversations with the TV On
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How to Have Meaningful Conversations with the TV On

A guide to parenting during the Olympics.

by Summer Moore Batte

‘I Never Became an Olympian’
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‘I Never Became an Olympian’

A former rhythmic gymnastics powerhouse — and current Stanford sophomore — explains why she’s OK with how things turned out.

by Jasmine Kerber

‘This Is Not a Drill’: Those 38 Minutes of Nuclear False Alarm
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‘This Is Not a Drill’: Those 38 Minutes of Nuclear False Alarm

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

by Melinda Sacks

Chief Kindness Officers?
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Chief Kindness Officers?

At Stanford’s GSB, compassion class is a crowd favorite.

by Melinda Sacks

Counting Steps: A Global View
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Counting Steps: A Global View

What we can learn about our health from the gap between active and sedentary people.