Entries in Innovation Hub by Mary Dooe

Long before the backspace, a single mom made a fortune erasing our mistakes. Read More...

 
Here are three things to know about this week's show:

1. Larry Summers was wrong about women. Ten years after the then-president of Harvard made controversial comments about why there are so few women in science, Professor Eileen Pollack – a friend of Summers – explains that isn't because of genetics or work ethic.

2. You can now get a college degree without cracking open a book. With some textbooks costing nearly $1,000, Professor Linda Williams used open resources to develop a textbook-free degree at Tidewater Community College.

3. Your smartphone is more powerful than the computer that went to the moon. And technology keeps getting faster – and more efficient – says author Robert Bryce.

Ten years ago, Larry Summers made some remarks on the lack of women in math and science – and it created an uproar. Author and professor Eileen Pollack was so outraged, she began to research for answers. Read More...

 
Here are three things to know about this week's show:

1. Researcher Elsa Youngsteadt crunched the numbers and found that a group of West Side Manhattan ants could eat 60,000 hotdogs a year.

2. Telemedicine laws from the 1800s are stifling modern healthcare. Doctors Ateev Mehrotra and Rushika Fernandopulle explain why updating a few laws and traditions could make a big difference for patients.

3. Seven-year-old violin prodigies don't have their gene pool to thank, argues author Geoff Colvin. Kids and adults that we think of as talented have really just practiced the right way, according to researchers.

Accountants might get a bad rap. But in an economy that’s gotten by for decades without including the real costs of production, they might also be our only hope, argues Jane Gleeson-White, author of Six Capitals, or Can Accountants Save the Planet?. Read More...

Love, loss, and creativity – there’s more to Chanel than just perfume. Tilar Mazzeo, author of The Secret of Chanel No. 5, tells the story behind Coco Chanel and her iconic brand. Read More...

Even fish caught in the U.S. may travel over 12,000 miles before it reaches your plate, says Four Fish author Paul Greenberg. Read More...

 
Here are three things to know this week:

1. Toddlers are better problem solvers than their parents. At least, that's what UC Berkley professor Alison Gopnik has discovered in her research.

2. Analyzing data from a landmark 80-year study, two researchers have found some surprising contributors to longevity, like the fact that happy single women might live longer than unhappily married ones.

3. There are more tech founders over 50 than there are under 30. And the number of senior entrepreneurs just keeps rising, explains Dane Stangler of the Kauffman Foundation. 

Parents usually think their kid is brilliant – and the latest research may be proving them right. UC Berkeley professor Alison Gopnik explains why children can be much better problem solvers than their parents. Read More...

Forget the “25-year-old in a hoodie" stereotype. The Kauffman Foundation’s Dane Stangler, and Elizabeth Isele, founder of Senior Entrepreneurship Works, look at the growing number of entrepreneurs over 50 – and what they're creating. Read More...