Tag: Stein Jacobsen

  • Nation & World

    Rewarding remarkable studies

    The annual awards created through a gift from James A. Star ’83 fund research unlikely to be funded through other programs — risky studies with the potential to contribute to radical new understandings of our world.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Earth’s birth date turned back

    Radioactive elements in rocks decay in a predictable way, like the ticking of a well-made clock that can run for millions of years. The decay marks a change in character…

    1 minute