Kara Miller
Climate change. Electric cars. Carbon taxes. The future of energy is confusing. Fortunately, we’ve got former Energy Secretary Steven Chu to guide us through it. Read more....
Rent is getting higher and Airbnb might be to blame. Steven Hill explains. Read more....
Time is an invention. And a fairly recent one.Vanessa Ogle tells us why – and when – we became slaves to the clock.
Water could be the new oil. NASA’s Jay Famiglietti explains the myriad ways we’re mismanaging our water – and why that could lead to conflict.
There's a way to beat the roulette wheel. Two ways, in fact. Take a peek into the world of some very smart gamblers.
It’s hard to change politics, especially when charts and graphs are all you've got to work with. We talk about the short life of a startup that dreamed of political transparency. Read More...
Schools were more racially integrated three decades ago than they are today. UCLA Professor Pedro Noguera tells us how our diminishing investment in urban public schools is failing kids.
Woolly Mammoths might just roam Siberia once more. Author Maura O’Connor explores the great lengths conservationists are willing to go to save the environment and preserve its wildlife.
Reducing homelessness doesn't mean opening up more shelters and soup kitchens. Becky Kanis Margiotta explains why avoiding traditional barriers to housing and get people into permanent homes first is the way to go.
Students learn better when they’re interested in what they’re learning. That idea is at the center of a way of learning pioneered more than 100 years ago by one rule-breaking woman. Read More...
1. Spending your days volunteering might be a waste of time. Princeton philosopher Peter Singer tells us about "effective altruism."
2. Algorithms can discriminate just like people. Seeta Pena Gangadharan of the London School of Economics explains how relying too much on math can be a bad thing.
3. You don’t know your best friend as well as you think. Nicholas Epley, author of “Mindwise,” looks at why we misunderstand even those closest to us.
Time is the most valuable thing we have. So how do we make the most of it? Read More...
We may one day need a silver bullet to cool the climate down. A look at the options - and the unintended consequences. Read More...
Lynda Weinman recently sold her online education company, Lynda.com, for over a billion dollars. One of the pioneers of online education talks with us about how online courses shape what we learn long after high school and college. Read More...
