Features
The Heads of State
Six Stanford professors—White House advisers, Cabinet members and congressional go-to experts—share their insights on terrorism, diplomacy and the role of scholarship in policymaking. What keeps us from stopping wars?
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Mark Coggins
Sleuth or Dare
Former private eye Joe Gores took his knowledge of scams and scumbags and put it to work writing crime fiction. Now his prequel to Dashiell Hammett’s classic The Maltese Falcon sheds light on how the genre’s seminal character, Sam Spade, came to "own" San Francisco.
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Jonathan Bartlett
You, Decoded
Personal DNA scans will only become more accessible and comprehensive. What promise do they hold for health care, and what are the risks?
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History Detected
May/June 2013 -
The Effort Effect
March/April 2007 -
Let Me Introduce Myself
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Seeing at the Speed of Sound
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Dunder Mifflin Going Out of Business
May/June 2013