Last summer one of Antarctica's floating ice shelves calved an iceberg the size of Delaware – but scientists say other less dramatic changes reveal more about how and why Antarctica is changing.
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Figuring out what causes diseases like autism, schizophrenia and depression is tricky. Now Stanford University researchers are turning blood into brain cells to study these diseases in a dish.
Researchers found stark differences in child mental health and infant mortality rates, depending on whether immigrant mothers were covered by inclusive policies or not.
While emergency drills may help schools feel safer, they contain underlying and often unintended moral messages about the nature of school and life itself.
Continental free trade area's potential impact includes boosting intra-Africa trade, manufacturing exports, job creation and poverty alleviation.
Using 'humanized mice,' researchers found more evidence that a widely used contraceptive may make women more susceptible to HIV infection.
Despite scientists' initial concerns, federal climate change data sets are still available. But other documents and web pages have changed over the last year.
Efforts to curb railroads' monopoly power in the 19th century hold lessons for 21st-century policymakers and internet giants alike.
The long-awaited $1.5 trillion plan fails to address some major obstacles to private investment.
The $1.5 trillion plan he's proposing would do the most for ventures that don't really need the government's help and ignores some major obstacles to private investment.
A new analysis shows how family background influences who grows up to invent. The key to turning things around? Expose kids to more inventors.
We asked four of our regular economics writers to examine a key theme they expect to flare up in 2018 and why.
After three years in which global carbon emissions scarcely rose, 2017 has seen them climb by 2%, as the long-anticipated peak in global emissions remains elusive.
Slaves were involved in medical experimentation in the 1700s – both as sources of knowledge and as nonconsenting participants.
There are rising concerns that rapid deforestation across the Amazon and Southeast Asia could spread to Africa. The continent hasn’t yet seen vast agricultural expansion but it could be on the way.
Mass shootings like the one at a GOP baseball game are more common in the US than in other industrialized nations. And they are getting more frequent and more deadly.
Good governance made infrastructure asset recycling a success in New South Wales. What would it take to make it work in the United States?
The health care bill recently passed by the House imposes big cuts to the underfunded Medicaid program. A new approach is needed, starting with the best ideas of both parties.
In Germany – a country where going to the theater is a deeply ingrained cultural tradition – the stage is a place to confront pressing political issues.
Double-majoring is thought to broaden your horizons and give you more career options. A new look at seven years of U.S. census data tells us that there may be a financial benefit as well.
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Executive and Research Director of the Global Projects Center, Stanford University
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PhD Candidate, Global Projects Center, Stanford University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Stanford University
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PhD candidate, Earth System Science, Stanford University
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Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
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C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University
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Graduate Research Fellow of Sustainable Design and Construction, Stanford University
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Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of Pathology at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Stanford University
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Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University's Center for African Studies, David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Global Economy and Development and Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Stanford University
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Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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Professor of American History, Stanford University
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Chair, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, globalcarbonproject.org, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University
