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Genocide has occurred throughout history, from the very beginnings of the social organisation of human communities until the present. But working out what do about it is no easy task.
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On a mission to become global higher education players, Korean universities still fall short on diversity.
The nail salon industry is booming. But along with polished nails come toxic health effects for the workers, due to the chemical compounds in nail care products.
Countries have a lot to gain by making sure all people leave school with functional literacy.
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Kevin Carey’s new book, The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere, envisions a future in which good education will be available to everyone everywhere.
A hybrid approach to solar – using reliable silicon and new inexpensive material perovskite – shows promise for low-cost, efficient solar cells.
Records show that the Egyptian state provided health care to workers building royal tombs more than 3,000 years ago. But it was more about productivity than altruism.
Muslims in France and the French host population are locked in a discriminatory equilibrium. This is the conclusion, summarized in our soon-to-be published book, of a six-year research program that investigates…
Climate change is as much an economic problem as an environmental one. The effects of climate change, such as damage from more severe weather or health problems from higher temperatures, will impose a…
Reef historian Iain McCalman, in Sydney, and reef scientist Stephen Palumbi, in California, are monitoring reef degradation from opposite sides of the planet. They compared notes. Iain McCalman: A recent…
Yelp.com reviews use fancier words to describe expensive restaurants, compare unhealthy food to crack and describe poor customer…
New research from Stanford shows that Arctic thermokarst lakes, which form when sheets of permafrost melt, store more greenhouse…
Self-cooling, longer lasting and more efficient solar cells are within reach simply by adding a thin layer of glass. A paper published today in the online journal Optica outlines a possible solution for…
A new study suggests the treatment pregnant women receive for epilepsy does not adversely affect their offspring. The study…
New research from Stanford University has revealed that certain types of coral are able to acclimatise to rising sea temperatures…
Many ailments, such as irregular heartbeats, can be treated by electrical stimulation within the body. But current technology makes in-body devices, such as pacemakers, very bulky because they need big…
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Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Security and Conflict, Stanford University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Finance, Stanford University
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Doctoral Candidate, Stanford University
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Research Scholar, Indo-Pacific Security, Stanford University
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Deputy Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
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Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
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Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
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Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
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Research Affiliate, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
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Science Communicator, Stanford University
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Former Stanford Impact Labs Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, Stanford University
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Associate Scientist, SLAC Computational Beamline, Stanford University
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Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Physics Department, Stanford University