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Forum From the Archives: Jamil Zaki On Why Cynics Have It All Wrong
After the death of a beloved colleague known for his optimism, Stanford psychology professor Jamil Zaki began reflecting on his own cynicism. He disc…
1 year, 4 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on Using Music as Medicine
Neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin says we can trace beliefs about music’s power to heal mind, body and spirit back 20,000 years, to the Uppe…
1 year, 4 months ago
How the ‘Diploma Divide’ Polarizes the U.S. Electorate
One problem with 2016 polling data indicating that Hillary Clinton would win the presidency was the oversampling of people with college and graduate …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Tech News and Trends That Shaped 2024
Looking back at the year in tech in 2024, generative artificial intelligence dominated headlines, became part of our daily lives and pumped up the Ba…
1 year, 4 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Max Boot Unravels Ronald Reagan’s ‘Myriad Contradictions’ in New Biography
Much has been written about Ronald Reagan, but historian Max Boot’s new biography, which draws on new archival sources and interviews with nearly a h…
1 year, 4 months ago
Author Oliver Burkeman Wants You To Embrace Imperfection
A new year holds promise for a new you. But writer Oliver Burkeman says you shouldn’t strive for perfection. Instead, in his latest book, “Meditation…
1 year, 4 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Novelist Ann Patchett Rereads 'Bel Canto' in New Annotated Edition
Have you ever reread something you wrote years earlier and cringed? Or maybe you were surprised by the depth, heart and complexity of what your young…
1 year, 4 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Vallejo’s Breakout Star LaRussell Performs In Studio
LaRussell is known for a lot of things. His prolific music drops. His backyard concerts from his hometown, the “itty bitty city near the Bay,” Vallej…
1 year, 4 months ago
Forum From the Archives: ‘Soldiers and Kings’ Investigates the World of Human Smuggling
Anthropologist Jason De León has spent a career documenting the stories of migrants making their way across the Sonoran Desert at the Southern US bor…
1 year, 4 months ago
Forum From the Archives: SETI Scientists on 40 years of Asking the Universe 'Are We Alone?'
Are we alone? Really, though, in a cosmic sense. 40 years ago the pioneering radio astronomer Jill Tarter co-founded a Bay Area non profit to support…
1 year, 4 months ago