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Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been named dean of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.

Both Sides Now

Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s bifocal view of the civil-rights movement

Born to Rest: Why Exercise is Hard

Evolution shaped humans to rest—and to run only when absolutely necessary.

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Readers Respond to Our Adaptations Survey

We asked people to share their favorite art adaptations. Here’s what they said.

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Science and art capture the microscopic natural world.

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An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.