The Future of Everything

Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide t

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With the emergence of touchscreen smartphones, tablets and watches, so much of our lives is spent on

There was a time when all great cities were built near water. Whether for agriculture, aesthetics, e

In recent years, biologists have learned that the vaginal microbiome — the make-up of the bacteria i

Mechanical engineer Sheri Sheppard got her start in engineering working on the Corvette for General

We’re all familiar with those algorithms on our favorite e-commerce and streaming services that reco

Artificial intelligence can help us design safety-critical systems for aircraft and other vehicles t

With a degree in photography with a concentration in mathematics and boasting high-profile jobs at t

Stanford engineering alumnus Michael O’Sullivan, now at the University of Auckland, likes to say his

Megan Palmer, executive director of Biopolicy and Leadership Initiatives at Stanford, joins bioengin

As she tells it, the life of immunologist Catherine Blish has not changed all that much from what it

Seema Yasmin is a rarity in public health: a medical doctor who is also a journalist. As such, she’s

Child psychiatrist Victor Carrion has dedicated his career to studying and helping people deal with

When humans roamed as hunters and gatherers, the ability to retain calories likely determined who li

Imagine being born with just half a heart. Alison Marsden does, pretty much every day. She is an ass

Jayodita Sanghvi is director of data science at Grand Rounds, a startup that connects members to hig

Stanford materials engineer William Chueh got interested in battery design as way to battle climate

Days after COVID-19 broke out in the United States, Russ Altman and colleagues at Stanford's Institu

The co-director of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence discusses how AI

An expert in bioinformatics describes how better information and modeling can help caregivers stay a

New research explores how physical pushing and pulling between cells helps them differentiate into t