Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide t
Many have now become familiar with the term herd immunity, an idea few outside the infectious diseas
Imagine typing words into a text editor and watching on a nearby television as a well-known celebrit
Biology is not typically considered a mathematically intensive science, says Noah Rosenberg, an expe
Slowly but surely, the highly centralized, industrial electric grid that supplies power to the vast
The world’s once linear — take it, treat it, use it, dispose it — model of freshwater usage is chang
Humankind has long harnessed the wind to its advantage. From ancient mariners to millers grinding gr
As the world moves to more efficient and cleaner energy solutions, there is a growing divide between
Electrical engineer Kunle Olukotun has built a career out of building computer chips for the world.
Julie Owono is a lawyer, executive director of Internet Sans Frontières and a fellow at the Stanford
Words are a window into human psychology, society, and culture, says Stanford linguist and computer
When Riitta Katila looks at old photos or movies about the space program of the 1960s, she sees one
As the silicon chip embarks upon its second half-century of dominance in computing and communication
In recent decades, medical and biological science have advanced by leaps and bounds using technologi
Stanford’s Mark Schnitzer says several of the more exciting recent advances in his field of applied
The old maxim holds that a lie spreads much faster than a truth, but it has taken the global reach a
Stanford’s Karen Liu is a computer scientist who works in robotics. She hopes that someday machines
It has been said that batteries hold the key to a sustainable future.But so-called “clean energy” do
Evan Reed and a team of scientists recently identified a promising solid material that could replace
Renée DiResta is research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a multi-disciplinary center
Once the bathwater is drained, the toilet flushed or the laundry done, few give a passing thought to
