Innovation Hub

Innovation Hub

Exploring the future of education, medicine, the economy, and more with today's most creative thinkers.

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The people powering AI decisions

Science & Technology

Sometimes, human intelligence trumps artificial.

A woman sits on a bed using her phone with another woman in the hallway doing the same

The lost art of listening

Science & Technology
A man and a women sit on the grass together at twilight

When romance meets ratios

Gender
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How gay marriage won in the US

LGBTQ
Elementary students sit in a computer lab at school

Sal Khan on leveling the playing field, in and out of the classroom

Education
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Workers battle tidal wave of burnout amid pandemic

Jobs

It took a pandemic to show us that our workplace stress levels are unsustainable.

Australian flooding

Climate migration has begun, and it’s only getting worse, expert says

Climate Change

A new migration crisis looms on the horizon. Where will people go when a changing climate renders their homelands uninhabitable? And what can governments do about it?

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The rise, future and legacy of Bezos and Amazon

Business

What accounts for the extraordinary rise of Amazon, and what does that rise tell us about ourselves?

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Families leaving traditional education have lessons for those left behind

Education

A shake-up in education pushes us into the future of learning.

Pittsburgh skyline at night

Why we can’t quit cities

Infrastructure

A historian’s ode to the resilient city, warts and all.