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prince harry and meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Are Making Big Plans for the Future

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are prepping for their post-royal exit life.
By Morgan Halberg

Google’s Controversial Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt Draws Protest for Attending Stanford AI Event

Protestors say Schmidt is not qualified to speak on the topic of artificial intelligence and ethics.
By Sissi Cao
Apple CEO Tim Cook

Tim Cook Throws Shade at Theranos in Stanford Commencement Speech

He alluded to the company's "false promise of miracles."
By Gabriela Barkho
New software allows you to change, edit and remove words coming out of a person’s mouth on video by simply typing in the text.

Why AI Deepfakes Should Scare the Living Bejeezus Out of You

By Harmon Leon

Chinese Man Paid $6.5M to Get His Kid Into Stanford—His Middle Man Took a $6M Cut

By Sissi Cao
Uber drivers are making only pennies.

Uber Drivers Only Make $3.37 an Hour, Stanford/MIT Study Says

By John Bonazzo
Men and women Uber drivers prefer different locations and hours.

Women Uber Drivers Earn Less Than Men, But Discrimination Isn’t to Blame

By Sissi Cao
Chamath Palihapitiya helped grow Facebook's user base by 150-fold.

Former Facebook Exec Regrets Helping Create the Social Media Giant

By Sissi Cao
Girl Scouts pose with the 'Fearless Girl' statue in New York City.

Girl Scouts Can Now Earn Merit Badges in 23 STEM Fields

By John Bonazzo
Would you use this baby's blood to make you feel better in your old age?

Harvesting Blood From Babies’ Umbilical Cords Could Help Reverse Aging

By John Bonazzo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology students play football outside the Maclaurin building. The school took the second place spot in the WSJ's recent ranking of US colleges.

College Ranking: New List, Same Old Results

By Nicolaus Mills
Filmmaker Ken Burns speaks onstage during the PBS Press tour 'Ken Burns's The Roosevelts: An Intimate History' panel on July 22, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.

Chronically Overrated: The Ken Burns Effect

By Joel Sucher
SeaDrone from Orobotix.

Drones for Fish

By Brady Dale
Admissions

The Myth of Kinder, Gentler College Admissions

By Steve Cohen
A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag protests during a rally in Rome 27 July 2006, to show solidarity with the Lebanese and Palestinian people. Many countries around the world have been witnessing anti-Israeli demonstrations since the Israeli offensive began against Lebanon sixteen days ago.

‘Intersectionality’ and the Bizarre World of Hating Israel

By Ziva Dahl
WEST VALLEY CITY, UT - MARCH 2: West Valley City patrol officer Gatrell performs a traffic stop on the first day of use of his newly-issued body camera attached to the side of a pair of glasses on March 2, 2015 in West Valley City, Utah. West Valley City Police Department has issued 190 Taser Axon Flex body cameras for all it's sworn officers to wear starting today.

Stanford Traffic Stops Database Will Let Public Analyze Racial Profiling

By Brady Dale

An Epidemic of Jew Hatred at American Colleges

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Harpo Marx painting. (Photo courtesy Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: Tate Museums Host Harpo Marx and Homeless Guys, And More!

By Nate Freeman

Marissa Mayer on Misconceptions That Hold Back Women in Tech and Why She Doesn’t ‘Believe in Burnout’

By Nitasha Tiku

Stanford Pulls Bid for New York Tech Campus

By Adrianne Jeffries and Nitasha Tiku
Connie Wolf is on her way to Stanford, where she earned her B.A. in East Asian studies.

Stanford Taps Connie Wolf to Head Its Cantor Arts Center

By Andrew Russeth

The House of Bloomberg

By Observer Staff

The End Of Summer

By Kurt Andersen (with help from freerecipe.org) and Lynn Harris

Merrily, He Rolled: Pearl Was Exuberant, Deeply Cultured

By Philip Weiss
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