March/April 2009

Farm Report News
Brain Boosters
How should we deal with cognitive-enhancing drugs?
Capital Lessons
Student government tries venture investment and discovers that a good start-up is hard to find.
A Machine That Can Think
Stanford joins the quest for cognitive computing.
Open to Interpretation
Whatever will musicians do with Mark Applebaum’s new composition?
Behind the Scenes +Video
Bringing Asian-American artists out of obscurity.
What Good Are the Humanities?
Why they clash with U.S. culture today, and why they matter.
News Briefs
     
Photo credits
Left column, top to bottom: Courtesy Henry Greely, L.A. Cicero (2), Courtesy Mark Applebaum Right column, top to bottom: Courtesy Stanford University Press, Leigh Wells