Kara Miller appears in the following:
"Only 10 Percent of Americans Love Cooking": What it Means for the Grocery Industry
Thursday, July 19, 2018
90% of us either hate cooking or feel lukewarm about it. What's a grocery store to do?
How the Food Network Shaped a Generation
Monday, July 16, 2018
What impact have television food shows had on home cooking in America?
Tech Sector Challenged By Trump’s Immigration and Travel Policies
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
There are renewed concerns from the tech sector about the industry’s ability to recruit and retain a pool of much-needed foreign-born talent.
5 Innovation Challenges Facing America's Next President
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Could America's biggest innovation challenge be our failure to innovate? We have five problems just waiting to trip up the next president.
Classroom Collision: This Program Gets Scientists to Teach Kids Science
Thursday, March 17, 2016
What happens when you send real scientists into the classroom? Student attitudes and aptitudes get a whole lot better, according to the founder of "Science from Scientists".
An Innovative Approach to Food Waste
Monday, November 02, 2015
One advocate says reducing hunger isn't about higher food production, but about finding ways to save and redistribute food that has already been produced before it gets thrown out.
STEM Jobs Are Scarce for Recent Grads
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
There are more students and recent graduates with college degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math than there are STEM jobs, a new report finds.
The Science of Decision-Making
Monday, January 12, 2015
Why do we struggle to keep even our best New Year’s resolutions? We delve into the latest research about the science of decision-making to find out.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Tech
Friday, August 29, 2014
Tech is one the fastest growing sectors of the American economy, but women continue to only represent a small portion of the workforce.
The New High-Tech Political Tools Every Voter Should Know About
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
The brains behind the 2014 and 2016 elections are hard at work figuring out how best to harness the latest and greatest technology to help their candidates win. So what high-tech tool...
What Does It Take to Become Resilient?
Monday, April 14, 2014
To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, Takeaway Host John Hockenberry broadcasts from our partner WGBH in Boston and considers what lessons might be l...
A New Career for Jeopardy Supercomputer Watson
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
What's Watson been up to since becoming a champion on “Jeopardy!” back in 2011? It turns out that IBM's supercomputer has been busy helping cancer patients, and medical students to be...
Why Bacteria Can Be Good for Us
Thursday, August 22, 2013
We have long been fighting bacteria with a whole host of anti-bacterial sprays, soaps, and sanitizers. But when it comes down to it, there is no escaping the 100 trillion bacterial ce...
High-Tech Tools in Cars are Distracting for Drivers
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Car manufacturers are increasingly offering more and more ways for drivers to stay connected online even while driving. But could cars with cutting edge voice-activated hands-free sys...
The Coming Revolution in Higher Ed
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Last year Harvard and M.I.T. announced a joint online learning initiative called edX, that promised to reach students across the globe by providing online classes free of charge. Rece...
What it Might Take to Reinvent the Wheel
Thursday, May 09, 2013
The bicycle may not have changed much over the years, but Kara Miller, host of WGBH’s “Innovation Hub” has been speaking with graduate students at the M.I.T Media Lab about their cutt...
How Much Do Our Genes Influence Our Votes?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It is two weeks until election day and the presidential candidates, their campaigns, and their supporters have invested huge amounts of time and money to win our votes, but what ultim...
Meet Baxter, A Revolutionary Robot For The Workplace
Thursday, September 20, 2012
For the past four years, Rodney Brooks has been working on a new robot, named Baxter, that could revolutionize manufacturing in the United States. This week his Boston start-up compan...