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Where to Find Inspiration? Maybe at Your Feet.
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Where to Find Inspiration? Maybe at Your Feet.

Photographer Mary Jo Hoffman reveals the beauty of everyday objects.

by Mike Vangel

Bullets, Blood and Ice
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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?
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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

Do You Speak Elephant?
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Do You Speak Elephant?

by Melinda Sacks

My Summer Vacation: Three Weeks with Elephants
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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?
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What’s the Shark Equivalent of Burning Man?

For decades, biologists thought white sharks were mostly solitary.

by Melinda Sacks

Dawn Patrol
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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

Jo Boaler Wants Everyone to Love Math
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Jo Boaler Wants Everyone to Love Math

Yes, even you.

by Sam Scott

In Two Years, There Could Be 10 Million Self-Driving Cars on the Roads
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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