Paleoanthropologist David DeGusta's analysis of 4-million-year-old fossils helps explain how human ancestors came down from the trees and began walking.

Tagged: On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

Stanford engineers and others create a structural design that lets buildings rock during earthquakes, then pull themselves into plumb when the shaking stops, confining damage to replaceable steel "fuses."

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Stanford scientists' open-source camera could change photography by giving programmers anywhere the power to change camera features and create new possibilities.

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Philosophy Talk is a radio program with an attitude – an attitude that philosophy is more than a mandarin pastime for unworldly academics.  Its agenda is ambitious: "I want to affect public life. There's a place for us," said Professor Kenneth Taylor, co-host for the program. "I want more philosophy."

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Water is familiar to everyone – it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood. Recent work, however, is shedding new light on water's molecular idiosyncrasies.

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What are the chances of a nuclear world war? What is the risk of a nuclear attack on United States soil? The risk of a child born today suffering an early death due to nuclear war is at least 10 percent, according to Martin Hellman, Stanford Professor Emeritus in Engineering,

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Dean Robert L. Joss discusses the loss of trust in many business and finance organizations and the role that business schools can play in addressing this problem.

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Astronomers now have a better understanding of how stars progress, thanks to NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope that has detected numerous pulsars by the gamma rays they emit.

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No doubt you’ve worked hard for your success. But chances are you’ve also had some help and lucky breaks along the way.  So are you more likely to vote for conservative or liberal politicians and causes?

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Telling them that more than half the world's population lives "outside the law," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told Stanford graduates to spread American principles of justice, especially in places that resist them.

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