Health & Sport

Imagine a world where we can know all the viruses within a certain population on a daily or weekly basis.

In urban settings, many students arrive in high school behind the curve in knowledge and skills of the sport they play, due in part to a lack of access at younger ages. The funding debate over athletics vs. academics can be intense in cities, and both sides have valid arguments. Ideas in this report can help refresh the high school sports model for urban schools.

A person with grit, says psychologist Angela Duckworth, uses passion and long-term perseverance to reach goals.

People are in constant conversation with their dogs, says dog scientist Alexandra Horowitz, and dogs pick up on things like our tone of voice.

Featuring Angela Duckworth, author of “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” and founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit with a mission to advance scientific insights that help children thrive, in conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield.

Central America Leadership Initiative Fellows came together for the first time to create #TODOPANAMA: a civic movement to stop the spread of COVID in Panama.

In urban settings, many students arrive in high school behind the curve in knowledge and skills of the sport they play, due in part to a lack of access at younger ages. The funding debate over athletics vs. academics can be intense in cities, and both sides have valid arguments. Ideas in this report can help refresh the high school sports model for urban schools.

Featuring Mark Bittman, author of “Animal, Vegetable, Junk” and founder of The Bittman Project, a food publication that not only embraces the joyful parts of food, but also focuses on a common set of values: that food should be fair to people and animals, affordable for everyone, nutritious, and produced in a way that respects nature and the environment.

Arthur Brooks shares how to emerge from the pandemic happier, stronger, and more resilient.