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This week on Innovation Hub: is our education system set up to fail? Then, we look at “the front page of the internet” and the boundaries of free speech online. Read More...
How does new tech really impact our politics? Why did abolitionist Frederick Douglass think photography would pull the nation together? And why do we care so much about what happens in Casablanca or Stranger Things or Raiders of the Lost Ark? Answers to all these questions, and more, on this week’s Innovation Hub. Read More...
This week on Innovation Hub... we climb up our family tree, we'll take a look at gender in the workplace, and we'll find out the best way to design your life. Read More...
Computer programming, energy storage, and casual conversations all have often-unnoticed ripple effects. This week, we dig deeper into some of the aspects of our lives that people rarely give a second thought. Read More...
This week, we’re gearing up for the holidays with some serious shopping, a little chocolate... and a trip to Levittown, New York, where the modern suburb was born. Read More...
From what the Rorschach test actually tells us, to what exactly is going on inside teenagers’ heads, we’ve got stories that explore how and why we think the way we do. Read More...
Lice-infested beds, unwashed surgical tools, and cut-off fingers - healthcare in the 1800s was a bloody affair. We take a look at the man who changed all that. Then, how much power does a protest really have? Zeynep Tufekci explores whether they have the power to change politics. Finally, there’s a common thread in art, music, storytelling, and even business-creation: creativity. Read More...
Is China pulling ahead in the global race to achieve? What’s the use of a “useless” liberal arts degree? And should you be spending money on time or things? That’s all this week on Innovation Hub. Read More...
This week on Innovation Hub, we examine the future of reproduction, how fringe ideas become mainstream, and the life of Leonardo Da Vinci. Read More...
Think you know better than your doctor? You don’t. Susan Jacoby and Tom Nichols explain why some of us are starting to distrust experts.
Job interviews are a terrible way to measure candidates. Yale’s Jason Dana tells us why we can’t resist their siren call - and what we should do instead.
Healthy lunches help kids… just not in the way you might think. Case Western Reserve’s Justin Gallagher explains.
