Innovation

October 15, 2019
The New York Public Library is bringing iconic literature into the 21st century, putting classics like "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" and “The Raven” into the hands of young readers via something that’s likely in their hands already: their smartphones.
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October 14, 2019
Tom Szaky has a revolutionary vision to solve the world’s disposable plastics problem—but it’s not by recycling things. It’s by not creating trash in the first place.
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September 24, 2019
When CEO Dan Price cut his own $1.1 million salary to help pay each of his 120 employees a minimum annual salary of $70,000, he made the cover of Inc. Magazine alongside the headline, “Is This the Best Boss in America?” He's making waves again with his unique—though still very unproven—wage plan.
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The Washington Monument looked a little different this past weekend as crowds flocked to witness a spectacular light show in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.
We don’t know how to create genius, but we do know a bit about the circumstances that encourage it.

Innovation: Top Videos

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An Astronaut's-Eye View of Re-Entry
February 27, 2019
Observations from a yearlong trek to all 50 states, stopping in schools of all sizes, types and philosophies to hear educators discuss what works best, and how innovation happens in the process.
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July 21, 2015
Armed with a degree and resolve, Mohammed Rezwan returned to his birthplace to help solve one of Bangladesh's biggest problems.
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June 06, 2016
The celestially themed address touches on race, preconceptions, injustice, and also hope.
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March 31, 2016
What getting evicted taught a popular San Francisco artist about the city he loves.
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Philip Ball shares what he’s observed in more than 15 years of examining the science behind nature’s beauty.