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If You Can't Stand the Heat, You Won't Like This Study

By Dave ThierJul 9th 2010 – 4:33PM
Mario Tama, Getty Images

Mario Tama, Getty Images

(July 9) -- Punishing heat waves like the one currently sweating the East Coast may seem like freak events, but a new study out of Stanford University says they may become the norm in coming decades. In the study, published in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters," the scientists ran a computer simulation to...

Mariners Prospect Exposes Steroid Problem In College Sports

By Tom FornelliMar 28th 2007 – 12:00PM

Chris Minaker is a minor leaguer within the Seattle Mariners organization. He played baseball at Stanford and graduated from the university with a Masters in Sociology last June. As anybody who's ever gotten a Masters Degree knows, you have to write a thesis paper to get your degree. Well, Minaker's thesis isn't bound...

StanfordUniversity News From the Web

  • 07/05/11 Job Requirements: Social Intelligence and... Source: Imperial Valley News - Yuma AZ Social intelligence, transdisciplinarity, cognitive load management, new-media literacy—if you don't understand these terms, you may have a tough time in the job market.
  • 12/13/10 bHot Story Chat: /bJames Fitzhenry: Can we have our... Source: Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh WI Every year when we run the story and place the searchable database on our website, I inevitably plunk in the names of teachers I know by names and faces, by way of conferences, newsletters and stories of the day's events from dining room table conversations.

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