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The Paris Agreement is an extraordinary achievement. But there is much work to be done to ensure global warming does not exceed dangerous levels.
At yesterday’s COP21 science briefing, University of Reading climate scientist Ed Hawkins displayed a chilling (pun intended) colour-coded world map. Nation by nation, it showed which countries are already…
Le décollage en matière de production d’électricité renouvelable a déjà commencé et devrait continuer à progresser rapidement. C’est ce que nous enseigne l’histoire des infrastructures.
Not all technologies are created equal. Researchers devised a new model to explain why, after eons of nothing much new, we sometimes see an explosion of innovation in the archaeological record.
Dealing with climate change will require countries to ‘decarbonize’ their energy infrastructure. The history of infrastructure suggests this could happen quickly once the transition starts.
Many Western policies that aim to prevent terrorism may actually be causing it.
Synthetic cannabinoids – drugs that mimic the psychoactive effect of cannabis – have been linked to injuries and deaths. And when one is banned, another rises to take its place.
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall confronts the last taboo of the canon: Bond’s hypermasculinity.
In the 1920s, refugees were allowed unrestricted passage to countries that needed workers. There’s a lesson here.
Not only does capital punishment not deter crime but it’s more expensive than keeping a convicted murderer in prison for life.
Increasing autistic children’s levels of vasopressin, a hormone that regulates social behaviour, could help treat the social deficits common to autism, research suggests.
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.
Other ‘advanced nations’ make it far harder for someone like the Charleston killer to get his hands on a Glock semiautomatic handgun or any other kind of firearm.
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.
Five million shorebirds migrate between Australia and the northern hemisphere, threatened by habitat destruction, and rising seas. How can we protect this natural marvel?
Aneuploidy – when a cell has an irregular number of chromosomes – is a major cause of pregnancy loss. Scientists may have uncovered a gene that increases the risk of aneuploidy.
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.
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Executive Director of the Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University
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Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford University
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Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
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Fellow at CodeX - Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford University
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Mosbacher Senior Fellow of Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University
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PhD Student in Religious Studies, Stanford University
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Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, Stanford University
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Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
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Barnett Family Professor, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology Design in Education, Stanford University
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PhD Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
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Acting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
