Patients go galactic at hospital prom [VIDEO]
A space-themed dance party was out of this world for patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Friday night.
Stories from the deep, local immigration and innovation, and election in Pakistan [PODCAST]
The San Jose Business Journal’s Luke Stangel joins us to talk about Google’s latest projects and Apple’s tax schemes. Anyone for a double Irish Dutch sandwich? Atul Singh, editor of Fair Observer, takes us through a recap of this week’s historic election in Pakistan. Peninsula Press reporters Anna Hallingstad and Julia Barrero each have environmental
MGMT headlines Stanford festival, which combines music and interactive art
For the second year, student organizers of Stanford University’s Frost Music and Arts Festival are creating large-scale, interactive art installations to be displayed at Saturday’s concert.
Stanford scientists develop underwater labs to study coral and climate change
Coral reefs worldwide are being affected by rising levels of carbon dioxide due to climate change. Experiments have had trouble pinning down the effects, but an innovative device may change that.
Hundreds in Bay Area March to stop deportations that separate families
With a march earlier this month, Bay Area residents are taking action against federal immigration enforcement measures that separate deported parents from their children.
Assessing homelessness and following fish on Peninsula Report [PODCAST]
Angela Hayes shares the journeys fish take in Palo Alto: Salmon and trout are leaping amongst the millionaire’s houses. And Rob Franklin brings us the story of a local census that gauges where people go when they live on the streets.
Humboldt squid and solar homes among ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ at TEDxStanford
Attendees of Saturday’s TEDxStanford event donned their global change goggles, considered calamari, and settled into a solar home during talks that took fresh approaches to environmental issues.
More dangerous algae on the way for some U.S. lakes, Stanford researcher says
Two summers ago, algae overwhelmed Lake Erie with a toxic scum that suffocated fish and fouled shorelines. A new study finds that, without action, the lake can expect more of the same.
First U.S.-China startup incubator launches inaugural company [VIDEO]
One year ago tomorrow, the first U.S.-China startup incubator in Silicon Valley, InnoSpring, opened its doors. Today, the first company is spreading its wings in the public market.