The Present

Showcase self taught skills.

Understanding cognitive development and stress in children can add context to systems of education.

The week-long global protest, which is calling for an end to the age of fossil fuels, is taking place in more than 160 countries today.

Are tiny homes just a trend for wealthy minimalists or an economic necessity for the growing poor?

These questions can help us think more critically about new developments in artificial intelligence.

The move comes one day before more than 1,500 Amazon employees are set to walk off the job as part of the global climate strikes.

Suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria.

With little progress on other avenues to preventing mass shootings, one firm has employed architecture to save students.

Sometimes, academic expression can make people uncomfortable. But this tension is a feature, not a bug.

The science of learning is decades ahead of the education system. How can we bring education into the present?

After China stopped accepting recylables, California was put in a tough place.

Some critics say the move is designed to shield those who profited from the dangerous drug.

Employees from Amazon and Microsoft plan to join the global protest, too.

Before we release new technology into the ether, we need to make safeguards so that bad actors can’t misuse them.

Are you a victim of the social media bubble?

The question is, how can we make employment fair for everyone?

The fast-food company recently agreed to acquire a tech company whose “speech-to-meaning” technology might soon be interpreting customers’ orders.

How can Innovation Central not manage to solve its own sprawling homelessness?

Even if automation makes human trafficking economically inefficient, that alone won’t end this unethical practice.

The factory model of education is outdated, so what’s next?

“People are not commodities!” said Assemblyman Rob Bonta.

“We need to get our priorities straight,” Warren said.

Why are we prioritizing completion, rather than actual learning?

On the latest episode of The Portal, the two men talk about the consequences of a public being shielded from battle.

A study of 323 uprisings against repressive regimes yields stunning insights.

We need electric planes, sustainable aviation fuels, and hybrid propulsion now, not later.

Academics are often attacked for having the audacity to pursue their research wherever it leads. But engaging with difficult, challenging ideas is a large part of what academia is about.

Countless top-down reforms haven’t improved the U.S. education system; can community-based education make a difference?

Is it time media outlets stop publishing the names and photographs of mass shooters?

Clusters of bot boats may offer cities dynamic solutions to rising waters.