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Cell Division
Stanford researchers say stem-cell study could unlock lifesaving cancer
treatments and perhaps even wipe out genetic killers. But critics of the
research say moral ambiguity surrounding therapeutic cloning should force
science to slow down. The outcome of the debate will affect medicine for
years.
PLUS: Inside the
Institute Stanford’s plans
Can They Really Do That?
The latest from the lab
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Roommate Roulette
Among the many lessons of college, figuring out how to live with a total
stranger is one of the toughest. Despite a national trend toward single
rooms, Stanford has stuck to its policy of togetherness, often intentionally
pairing roommates who have little in common. It’s funny how it works
out.
PLUS: How to Be a
Good Roommate A veteran of 13—yes, 13—pairings shares
his secrets.
Diplomania
You’re smart and accomplished, right? That fancy degree on your office
wall says so. Well, with graduation looming, here’s a test that will
challenge what you know about diplomas.
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Presume Nothing
Social critic and author Stephen Carter isn’t interested in chummy
orthodoxy. During a career of throwing curveballs to his colleagues, Carter
has developed a reputation for thinking straight, demanding facts and
keeping the faith.
The City's Secret Scourge
It crept slowly out of a fetid slum overrun with rats, but before
officials could contain it—and crack a cover-up that went all the
way to the governor’s office—an outbreak of bubonic plague left
1900s San Francisco reeling and racially divided.
