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Study: Love Is Like Cocaine, Codeine

(Oct. 13) -- Over the centuries, countless poets and songwriters have compared the power of romantic love to the transformative effects of any number of therapeutic or recreational drugs. According to a new study, such writerly claims are not the stuff of fiction. In fact, love is akin to a pain killer, like codeine,...

US News' Top 10 Universities of 2011, Remixed By Cost

(Aug. 17) -- Although administrators won't literally charge an arm and a leg (thankfully), tuition at one of the nation's top universities is going to cost you. Among the top 10 schools listed in the highly anticipated U.S. News and World Report annual university rankings, released today, not a single institution costs...

Carnivorous Mouse Plague Devours Prairie Dog Population

(Aug. 4) -- Rodents eating rodents! Oh the humanity! The population of black-tailed prairie dogs in the U.S. has been declining markedly lately, and researchers have been struggling to figure out precisely why. They knew the dogs were succumbing to a plague spread by fleas, but somehow, even after an entire colony of the...

Extreme Heat in Southern California, Record-Breaking Temperatures for Rest of Globe

(July 15) -- It's getting hot out there. Today the National Weather Service issued an extreme-heat warning for Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange counties in Southern California. The warning extends through Saturday, during which time temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees. News of the latest heat wave to grip the...

Background on Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an campus near Palo Alto, California, United States.

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