Worldwide, says Robert Proctor, the tobacco industry continues to
create
toxic products that cause lung cancer and a host of other maladies.
The
tobacco industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal
fees
trying to halt the...

Stanford Linguistics Professor Dan Jurafsky offers his comments on
a new
software program that analyzes a person's speech patterns to
determine their honesty.

From his experiences at demonstrations in the United Kingdom, Comparative Literature scholar David Palumbo-Liu writes that the global economic crisis demands a response that shakes up the social, political and cultural spheres.

"The Legend of Rex Slinkard," on view through
Feb. 26 at the
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, presents more than 60
works by the early 20th century California artist.