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The Future of Everything

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

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Total: 329

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

It’s nothing we haven’t already heard – the news you read is being shaped by the ubiquitous presence

The next job search you conduct will likely be shaped by artificial intelligence. In the age of Link

Earthquakes come in species, says Greg Beroza, professor of geophysics at Stanford and an expert in

Like clockwork, every time a large natural disaster hits and wipes out billions in built infrastruct

While Alzheimer’s disease has cut short too many lives and devastated more families than can be coun

While climate change is likely to bring rising sea levels, more frequent and stronger storms, as wel

Riana Pfefferkorn is a digital security expert and Cryptography Fellow at the Stanford Center for In

Professor David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, says that artificial

While well-known mapping apps have transformed the daily commute through better information, Stanfor

While cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum gather the lion’s share of headlines, few know that thes

Am I saving enough for retirement? Will I outlive my money? Can I count on Social Security? These ar

Sarah Billington began her career in civil engineering studying concrete, a remarkable material that

Over the last three-quarters of a century, global corporations have lost sight of their broader role