In hospitals across the country, a small but growing number of certified bioethicists are becoming key advisors to the medical decision-making process.

Focusing on molecular mechanisms in the brain, one biochemist is making exciting advances in our understanding of Parkinson’s disease.

A law professor and self-taught expert in natural language processing tells how he uses large language models to explore and improve AI’s increasingly impressive legal skills.

A physicist has created a remarkable retinal implant that allows the blind to read and write – and is now working on a higher resolution version for recognizing the faces of loved ones.

Combining satellite imagery and productivity data, one data scientist studies hundreds of millions of farms to ensure plentiful, nutritious food for a hungry world.

A former chef turned professor is using gene-editing techniques to make delicious foods, medicines, and other valuable products from fungi.

An authority on social media and our attention-based information economy says to fix online discourse, fix the business model.

Harnessing cells’ molecular machinery, one bioengineer is making portable freeze-dried, just-add-water bio-factories.

An expert in computer networks explains why the industry needs a common language of “computational truth.”

A law professor discusses how dress codes are an outward expression of social status and identity – and surprisingly relevant to the struggle for civil rights.

A doctor on the frontlines in fighting infectious diseases says that the public needs to know that vaccines save millions of lives each year.

A cardiologist explains how advanced imaging and AI are transforming approaches to detecting and treating coronary artery disease.

An expert in the best ways to inspire entrepreneurship says the key is broad global investment over a singular focus at home.

An authority on adolescent substance use says the key to reaching young people is understanding their social motivations and using that knowledge to improve health communication.

An expert in ADHD in preschool children says that early detection and non-drug interventions can give doctors a leg up on this all-too-common condition.

A medical doctor who studies the physical, emotional, and social consequences of alcohol use says that the science is clear: Even one drink is harmful.

A researcher on the front lines of the fight against cancer explains how her immunotherapy work is unmasking hidden cancers and developing new drugs to kill them.

Much-admired statesperson and academic, Secretary Condoleezza Rice reflects on life in and out of the public eye, how she embraced her return to Stanford, and the implications of today’s rapid technol...

An expert in vaccine delivery previews a future where self-administered, minimal-side-effect vaccines arrive in the mail.

A civil and environmental engineer discusses how modern homes, offices, and schools are shaped by people but also shape us in return.

Three experts spanning artificial intelligence and economics explore the implications of AI and how it could transform creativity, jobs, education, and public policy through the rapidly evolving “inno...

An expert in everything allergies explains why allergies may be affecting more people and why there is growing hope for new prevention and treatment strategies.

Better bones, better life, says this endocrinologist of her search for ways to help people maintain bone strength as they age.

Exploring the electrical connections between cancer and brain cells, a neurologist is bringing hope to children with brain tumors.

Seeing plants as powerful chemical factories, a researcher works to create more robust crops and discover new medicines to promote environmental and human health.

Poison frogs have complex parent-offspring behaviors. A biologist explains how she safely studies the neuroscience behind it all.

Focusing on nutritional value over quantity, one public health expert is taking on the global challenge of food insecurity by seeing food as medicine.

An expert in motivation explains how science is changing our understanding of goal-setting and achievement, and offers a few tricks to try when you feel stuck.

An expert on reading difficulties is inviting schools, teachers, and families to shape the lab’s research questions and new tools to improve results for struggling readers.

An authority on sleep and insomnia discusses the latest science about – and approaches to – getting a better night’s sleep.

A pediatrician says many of today’s growing concerns in childhood health come down to one factor: pollution. But global solutions are within reach.

A wildfire policy expert explains how California’s ongoing fire crisis is being driven by climate change and poor urban planning. “Whole-of-society” approaches are needed, he says.

A law professor delves into America's worsening civil legal crisis, where unequal representation is the norm. But, she says, hopes are high for reforms that could mean high-quality, low-cost legal adv...

Thanks to new science and new technologies, the potential to restore lost hearing is bringing a ray of hope to the billion-and-a-half people worldwide who suffer hearing loss.

A theater professor and stage director says that the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital media, and interactive technologies is revolutionizing what happens on the stage.

An expert on the future of materials for electronics and more says the world is on the precipice of tremendous innovation in the materials we use to make semiconductor electronics and … nearly everyth...

An oncologist describes a less-invasive era of disease diagnosis that does away with surgical biopsies by searching for disease DNA in the bloodstream.

An expert in the biology of the human heart explains how bypass surgeries might someday be replaced by medicines that regrow new arteries to replace blocked ones.

A materials engineer explains how he and colleagues have used a dye commonly found in nacho chips to make living tissue transparent. It could lead to a new age of minimally invasive medical imaging.

A sustainability expert explores the potential of seaweed as a solution to the world’s greenhouse gas problem.

A mechanical engineer discusses her recent advances in robotic surgery, including millimeter-scale robots that travel through the bloodstream to deliver treatment.

Clinical decisions to treat and diagnose patients are affected by implicit biases formed by racism, ableism, sexism, and other stereotypes. These biases reflect broader systemic discrimination in heal...

An authority on clinical depression explains how rapidly evolving imaging tools have created an explosion of knowledge about this ancient illness – and why psychiatry’s hopes are on the rise.

A neurologist who studies Alzheimer’s disease says hopes are on the rise for new treatments that target tau proteins.

A computer scientist bringing AI to the classroom and the gym looks ahead to a world where AI coaches help make us smarter … and healthier.

An expert on climate change and its impact on human society says the evidence for it is all around us, but it’s not too late to better understand, adapt to, and mitigate climate change.

An expert in modeling global climate discusses how new data and new techniques are providing a clearer glimpse of our atmospheric future than ever before.