Hat Trick

These robotic hands can actually feel what they touch -- and they're smart enough to learn from the experience.

by Marina Chicurel

by Theresa Donovan Brown

Fresh out of Stanford, Herbert Hoover went Down Under in 1897 to scout Australia's goldfields. When he left the following yera, he was a rich man -- and a local legend

by William Coughlin

Yes, they played (and lost) a football game, but for Stanford's Rose Bowl team, that was only part of the story. One Cardinal player shares his diary.

by Charley Dean

Perplexed by the advice of child-rearing extremists, a young father discovers Stanford psychologist William Damon, a guru of "authoritative parenting."

by Tim Grieve