Hat Trick

Historians grind their axes

What's the purpose here?

He was on the verge of reinventing Russia, but when the Boldsheviks overturned his democratic revolution, Alexander Kerensky escaped to a scholarly exile, seasoned with a taste of Farm life.

by Bernard Butcher

They race Ducati motorcycles, breed champion horses, make wine in their driveway and . . . win Nobel prizes. Meet some faculty members whose outside lives are as compelling as their scholarly pursuits.

by Theresa Johnston

A half-mile underground in Minnesota, a team of scientists is setting a trap for an exotic and elusive particle. Catching one could have cosmic implications.

by Mitchell Leslie

Stanford's 8,000-acre campus isn't just the province of the University anymore. As elected officials and environmentalists staked out their territory during recent land-use negotiations, Stanford learned what it will take to keep its future on solid ground.

by Kevin Cool

Who could predict the outcome of a matchup like this?

by Katie Mauro Zeigler