The Future of Everything

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

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Russ Altman: Today, on The Future of Everything the future of Silicon Valley. Periodically, in human

Biomedical data scientist Sylvia Plevritis is an expert in computational modeling of cancer risk an

Computers are everywhere and humans are engaging with them in nearly everything they do. Knowing thi

Political scientist Jeremy Weinstein has worked at both the White House and the United Nations. In b

Once avoidance was the only answer, but a leading allergist says that advances in desensitizing alle

Can we reap the benefits of artificial intelligence while also protecting our personal information?

In-depth statistical analyses show time and again that subtle, unconscious bias is pervasive in the

When Stanford’s Paul Yock was a young interventional cardiologist, he was frustrated by the complex,

Margaret Brandeau may carry a business card that reads Professor of Management Science and Engineeri

By last count, there are 5,000 genetic diseases in the human body. A few are merely annoying, but fa

Brain cancers are known to be elusive and clever killers, but Michelle Monje, associate professor of

The current process for diagnosing autism requires no less than 10 hours of intensive doctor-to-pati

Mechanical engineer Xiaolin Zheng really likes to burn things, but she is more like a modern-day Pro

In safety engineering, ergonomic differences between men and women are important. Conventional seat

Stanford radiation oncologist, Billy Loo, says that a new generation of radiation therapy technology

Carlos Bustamante is an expert in genomics—the study of genetic variation and its effects on the liv

Why do well-off public schools often demand that parents supplement school programs with personal co

Of the many nations that have implemented some measure of digital democracy, none perhaps has had mo

In hospitals across the world, the unmet need for end-of-life palliative care threatens to overwhelm

The worlds of academic economics and ride sharing are not so far removed – just ask Stanford labor e