Carbon Magic in the BasementÂ
Stanford’s Adam Boies asks how carbon might be sequestered in the built environment, broadening the scope, scale, and audience of engineering puzzles.
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Climate Week seminar serves food for thoughtÂ
On Earth Day, Jennifer Channin looked out her kitchen window while eating breakfast to see the morning light beam down on her home solar grid, the only mark on an otherwise untouched blanket of green in her lawn. Most would agree that Channin is doing her part for the planet. And she is, but not
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SF Companies Get Down to (Green) BusinessÂ
Yerba Buena Gardens, a public park and community space, has increasingly become a cultural hub for San Francisco. The San Francisco Environment Department (SFED) used the space to host its Green Business Expo and Earth Day Festival on April 19 for Climate Week.
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Past parasites of the Pyrenees
Researchers discover surprising evidence of human influence on fish ecosystems centuries before historical records suggest.
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Life After Homelessness and Stability Beyond Housing
Palo Alto is synonymous with wealth and innovation as the home to several tech giants and a $220,408 average household income. Yet, countless people are unhoused or in unstable housing situations. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Point-in-Time count data shows California’s overall homeless population was 187,084 in January 2024. The 2024 data
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The Ethics of Virtual Reality. A Sketch.
The piece is us experimenting with the ways that spatial humor can show up in VR. With a 360 degree view, tactics of surprise and the unexpected can be used to create comedy.
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US-Canada Bond Threatened by the Trump Administration, but All is Not Lost
The U.S. placed a 25% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum products, a decision to which Canada replicated by placing their own 25% tariff on imported American steel and aluminum products.
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Passing down the stories of ‘when democracy failed in this country’Â
Nestled just off the busy 405 highway within Irvine, California’s maze of technology companies and startups, more than 60 different varieties of fruits and vegetables thrive year-round on a 30-acre land. Using organic growing methods, Tanaka Farms grows produce that is sold at their market stand and through a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. But the
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Robotics Emerges as “AI’s New Frontier” at Silicon Valley’s Global Tech Conference
At NVIDIA’s GTC 2025 AI conference, Jensen Huang positioned robotics as the future and frontier of artificial intelligence, introducing new foundation models designed specifically for humanoid robots.
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The Line: Experience Flow and Reflection with an Elite Swimmer in 360 degree video
This immersive VR experience takes viewers beneath the surface, following Roy as he swims through memory and reflection. Overlapping his movements in the water, his voice narrates a story of discipline and self-discovery. He recalls waking up at 5:45 AM for years, giving up weekends and logging nearly 10,000 hours in the pool.
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Thousands Rally in San Francisco for International Women’s Day: ‘We Shouldn’t Have to Be Here’Â
The rally drew a diverse crowd of students, activists and families, each motivated by fears over the rollback of reproductive rights, shifting political dynamics and threats to democratic institutions.Â
San Francisco plans to spend $10 million on trash cans. Will they make the streets clean?
In 2022, San Francisco announced plans to replace the city’s nearly 2,900 trash cans with custom-designed stainless steel bins. Nearly three years later, old cans still remain, and it may take another two years before the new ones appear on the streets.Â