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Something Doesn't Add Up
A Stanford epidemiologist has uncovered innumerable examples of flawed research that has led to worthless medical treatments and unnecessary side effects. Only by using reliable data to assess outcomes, he says, can medicine reform itself.
by Joan O’C. Hamilton
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Power Trips
Dimitri Dadiomov, '07, went all over the world in search of better ways to generate electricity. What he learned helped launch a career, and made him a powerful advocate for experiential study.
by Dimitri Dadiomov
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Game Changers
Any history of video games must include the contributions of Stanford faculty and alumni, whose technology breakthroughs and creativity enabled one of the world's most popular entertainment industries.
by Greta Lorge and Mike Antonucci
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Hitting Cancer Where It Hides
As with any battle, it's important to know your enemy. Professor Amato Giacca has made a career of understanding tumors' tricks. Now his team is developing several promising drugs that exploit them.
by Kristin Sainani
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Two Against the Odds
Born with cystic fibrosis, their bodies took a relentless pounding every day of their lives. But twins Ana and Isa Stenzel, '94, are still going strong thanks to iron will, lung transplants and each other.
by Jill Wolfson
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The Whole World in His Plans
In a bid to solve the planet's most pressing problems, eBay's first president, Jeff Skoll, MBA '95, is funneling his fortune into Hollywood movies to raise awareness and spur public action.
by Mike Antonucci
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The Voyagers
They've walked in space, piloted the shuttle and fixed the Hubble. For Stanford-trained astronauts, the sky is not the limit.
by Lisa Sonne
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Lifting the Veil
After 17 years in the United States, an Iranian American returns home and, in conversations with taxi drivers, shopkeepers and students, finds disappointment with the Khomeini Revolution.
by Goli Ameri
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While You Were Sleeping
Dreams can mystify and entertain, terrify and inspire. But do they have any real importance? A pioneer in sleep research explains the science of slumber.
by William C. Dement with Christopher Vaughan
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Race and Admissions
Amid rancorous debate over affirmative action in university admissions comes a calm and thoughtful book by former presidents of Princeton and Harvard.
by Ellis Cose
