Culture

As the Cold War raged, concerns grew over children’s education in America until a new rhyming book flipped literacy on its head. Read More...

Mahzarin Banaji, Harvard psychologist and author of Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People, shares research into why we all have biases, what we can do to counteract them, and why businesses want to level the playing field. Read More...

Columbia University professor Sheena Iyengar, author of The Art of Choosing, explores the science of how we choose things — from clothes to food to entertainment  — and explains why sometimes the best choice is to NOT choose. Read More...

Reporter Cristina Quinn investigates the psychology and the economics behind the boom in super niche businesses. Read More...

Forget the Hollywood survival stories — what would we really have to do to survive after a catastrophe? Read More...

Failure is more important than ever, and it’s also much cheaper, according to MIT’s Joi Ito. He explains how he succeeded in academia despite never finishing college - and why our education system needs a complete overhaul. Read More...

Historian Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews, explains that being outsiders may have helped Jews become great innovators. Read More...

Reporter Cristina Quinn looks at life on the inside and the creative ways that people are trying to thrive in prison. Read More...

Three talking points for Mother's Day brunch:

1. Research shows that babies born to mothers who ate highly processed foods during pregnancy, have a preference for salty, sugary foods later in life.

2. Why aren't women more well- represented at Facebook, Google and other high-flying tech companies? One college president says we isolate computer science from other subjects; instead, we may want to integrate it with sciences, like biology, or even emphasize its connection to foreign languages. (After all, isn't Java or C++ pretty much a foreign language to most of us?)

3. A good way to sell creams, according to Estée Lauder, is to hold a customer by her right hand. This creates a personal connection - and makes it hard for people to get up and walk away. (Plus, most people are right handed, making it more likely they will look at and smell their right hand later in the day.)

Employers are starting to use technology to hire, track and promote employees - in unprecedented ways. Read More...