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Exclusive Stanford Course on Ruling the World Included Phoebe Gates and Helped Build Startup Networks

Stanford's exclusive 'Rule the World' course, founded by Justin Lewis-Weber, selects 12 students annually to explore power structures and build influential networks, with alumni like Phoebe Gates leveraging its connections.

International Business Times UK · Aug 20

Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships

Harvard, MIT and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk

The Guardian - US · Aug 18

Author Malavika Kannan Is Being Hailed As a Voice of Gen Z. These Coming-of-Age Novels Shaped Her

She shares the reading list that inspired her must-read collegiate novel, 'Unprecedented Times.'

Marie Claire · Aug 18

Estrogen-Only Hormone Therapy Was Linked to Lower Alzheimer's Risk, but the Study Cannot Show Cause

A Stanford study of 21,462 women tied estrogen-only hormone therapy to 35 percent lower odds of Alzheimer's pathology. It cannot prove cause.

Medical Daily · Aug 14

Many Young People Think AI Is Taking Their Jobs. But Data Suggests It Is Not Massive Yet.

More than a quarter of young people think AI is costing people jobs, even though the impact of the technology on job loss remains relatively small so far.

International Business Times · Aug 14

Shouted ‘Quit India’ as a schoolboy; studied Milky way galaxy through Hindi poem: This Indian scientist, inspired by Gandhi, later built two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes

Independence day 2026: Built two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes with limited resources and designs no one had attempted before, Govind Swarup gave India a place in global astronomy that the field cannot ignore. As India marks 80 years of independence this August, his story stands as one…

The Economic Times · Aug 13

One Number That Sums Up Every ACC Team and Notre Dame in 2026

Can the league find an identity after a bizarre 2025?

Sports Illustrated · Aug 12

Your Astrocytes Have Their Own Birthday, and for Some People It Decides Whether APOE4 Becomes Alzheimer's

A Stanford-led study built aging clocks for 40+ cell types from blood. Youthful astrocytes tracked with far lower Alzheimer's risk.

Medical Daily · Aug 12

A Flatworm Cell That Detonates Like a Bomb, Kills Dozens of Neighbors, Then Vanishes in Five Minutes

Stanford researchers found ruptoblasts, cells that self-destruct explosively to kill anything nearby. A hormone, not a pathogen, pulls the trigger.

Medical Daily · Aug 11

Nature has spent billions of years fighting bacteria – AI could help us learn its secrets

Tiny viruses that infect bacteria could one day help us tackle infections that antibiotics can no longer treat. But first, scientists need to understand how these viruses work, and artificial intelligence could provide them with a powerful way to do that.

The Conversation · Aug 11