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Is that political post real—or a money-making scam?

Election cycles in the United States see tremendous surges in political content and engagement on social media, a phenomenon that deceptive networks exploit, using inauthentic content to advance political goals or simply to make money.

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Stanford Statisticians Tackle COVID-19

This stories series presents three studies in the Department of Statistics addressing the coronavirus outbreak using different approaches: tracking genetic mutations in the coronavirus, developing a more practical approach to predictive modelling, and designing clinical trials of promising new treatments.

Lab dropper putting liquid into vials

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Portrait of Lerone Martin next to the cover of his book Young King featuring a portrait of MLK as a child

Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr. by Lerone Martin, Religious Studies and African and African American Studies

A student holds a phone underneath a desk to sneak a look at it.

National study of school cellphone bans shows benefits are not immediate

Portrait of Rachel Jean-Baptiste

Bringing global histories of gender, race, and citizenship to the AI age

A black-and-white photo of three young black children sitting on a bench

New book illuminates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s childhood

Wooden stadium seating leads up to painting covered by a wood-slat ceiling

Inside the new home of the Department of African and African American Studies

In this history class, the final project is a pop song

Collage of current SSF cohort

Stanford Science Fellows 2026 cohort announced

Paul R. Ehrlich standing in front of trees

Biologist and environmentalist Paul Ehrlich has died