Oct 27th, 2008 · In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and his opponent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were on the campaign trail offering voters solutions to the Great Depression. Historian David Kennedy, professor emeritus at Stanford University and the author of Freedom from Fear, talks about how the candidates ran on the crisis and the solutions they offered.
Aug 15th, 2008 · A good jog can stave off some effects of aging according to a Stanford University study. The lead author of the study discusses why she thinks elderly runners showed fewer disabilities and lived longer than their non-jogging counterparts.
Jul 3rd, 2008 · A Stanford University researcher has found a way to predict with 70 percent accuracy whether a particular in vitro fertilization cycle will be successful. The breakthrough should make it easier to treat those who try to become pregnant with IVF.
Apr 27th, 2008 · How you appear in the virtual world could affect your behavior in real life according to researchers at Stanford University. We examine how people interact psychologically with their virtual-reality representations.
Mar 27th, 2008 · Thomas Edison wasn't the first person to record sound. A French man named Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville actually did it earlier. He recorded someone singing in 1860 and now a group of researchers have figured out how to play it. They are presenting it publicly for the first time on Friday at Stanford University.
Feb 21st, 2008 · Stanford University says it will no longer charge tuition to undergraduates whose parents earn less than $100,000 a year. For students whose parents make less than $60,000, the university will also waive room and board costs.
Jul 6th, 2007 · A Cincinnati federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to throw out a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program. Larry Diamond, a plaintiff in the case and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, talks about the impact of this decision.
Apr 18th, 2007 · A new study from Stanford University suggests that pollution from ethanol could be even worse than from traditional gasoline. Mark Jacobson of Stanford's department of civil and environmental engineering talks with Alex Chadwick.