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Rent is getting higher and Airbnb might be to blame. Steven Hill explains. Read more....
Moral outrage is a powerful thing. But why do we care what other people do? Researcher Jillian Jordan explains. Read more....
What’s the most taught book in college courses? Joe Karaganis has combed through a million syllabi to find out exactly what colleges are actually teaching kids. Read more....
It’s the 21st century. Why is there still a ‘war on science’? We talk about how it threatens our democracy with writer Shawn Otto. 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.
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.
Engineers put a man on the moon and built skyscrapers that stretch into the clouds. We talk with author Guru Madhavan about what we can learn from the way they tackle a problem. Read More...
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers gives a candid conversation about why we aren’t funding science the way we need to, what’s wrong with our education system, and how his views on women in tech have changed since those controversial comments ten years ago. Read More...
