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  Hope for Infertile Couples

  By Darragh Worland | Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:46 PM ET

  being able to artificially create eggs. (It’s worth noting that the lead researcher on the project is a working woman.)A team of researchers at Stanford University in California have managed to create primitive human eggs, sperm and the germ cells that make them from embryonic stem cells. Th Read More

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  If I Toed You Once, I Toed You a Thousand Times

  By David Bois | Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:38 PM ET

  behavior and interaction, and with each additional bit of data, it increasingly appears to be true. Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, who teaches at Stanford University, observed early in her research that the animals would turn their heads and ears toward sound sources, but she did not know wha Read More

  More like this in: Elephants, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Running Actually Helps Your Knees. Really!

  By Kirk Bromley | Sat Sep 5, 2009 5:00 PM ET

  In defense of running, studies now prove running actually helps your knees. Read More

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  Do This Now: Stress Less

  By Jac Chebatoris | Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:13 PM ET

  NYT: "We're lousy at recognizing when our normal coping mechanisms aren't working, says Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist who studies stress at Stanford University School of Medicine. " Our response is usually to do it five times more, instead of thinking, maybe it's time to try somethin Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Stress, Vacation, Massage, Life & Style, Health & Fitness
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  How Green Is Your MBA?

  By Marc Hertz | Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:57 AM ET

  stewardship into the curriculum. Here are the top five U.S. MBA programs and one of their unique features, according to the 2007-2008 survey: 1. Stanford University - The Public Management Program (PMP), preparing graduates to tackle social and environmental issues, has been available at th Read More

  More like this in: Business, University of California, Michigan, Columbia University, University of Michigan, Corporate Social Responsibility, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Stewardship, Green Marketing
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  Petting for Charity

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:16 AM ET

  Stanford Goat Project asks students and faculty to pet for charity and buys 90 goats for needy families. Read More

  More like this in: College, NGO, Social Responsibility, Life & Style, Volunteerism, Fundraising, Activism, Animals & Pets
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  A Trip Back to Psych Class

  By Alexander Webb | Wed May 20, 2009 2:28 PM ET

  evil of humans. Psychologist Philip Zimbardo divided his participants into two groups labeled ‘prisoners’ and ‘guards.’ A mock prison in a Stanford University basement was set up, and the ‘prisoners’ were exposed to arrest, strip search, de-lousing, head shaving and other abuses b Read More

  More like this in: Psychology, Green Tea, Guards, Science, Entertainment
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  Tech Meets Good: 10 Million Lights

  By Dan Estabrook | Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:55 PM ET

  kerosene lamps with an admirable goal: to provide their innovative lights to 10 million customers by 2010. Founded by two graduate students at Stanford University, D.Lite has created an LED-based light fixture that people can power with either solar energy or a fast-charging battery optio Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Energy, Emissions, Solar Energy, Third World and Developing Countries, Peace Corps, Technology, Science, Life & Style
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  Nonprofit of the Week: Inconvenient Youth

  By Dan Estabrook | Tue Sep 2, 2008 2:06 PM ET

  our reach. We know that as a generation, we can solve it. Act today. Join us.Several weeks ago, the organization hosted a 3-day workshop on the Stanford University Campus to train and educate 80 teen participants from all over the globe. From the workshop, participants will return to thei Read More

  More like this in: Non-Profit, Climate change, Global Warming, Nonprofit, Social Networking, Networking, An Inconvenient Truth, We Can Solve It