Junior Data Scientist & Contributor

Karen Hao

Karen Hao is a junior data scientist & contributor based in New York. She began her time at Quartz on the tech desk, covering the future of cities. Her work has also appeared in Mother Jones, Sierra Magazine, New Republic,...

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GREEN REVOLUTION

The first rule of being a woman in crypto is you do not talk about being a woman in crypto

Quartz

This artist’s rendering shows the hot, molten moon emerging from a synestia, a giant spinning donut of vaporized rock that formed when planet-sized objects collided. The synestia is in the process of condensing to form the Earth. This new model for the moon’s origin answers outstanding questions about how the moon’s composition compares to that of Earth.

2GETHER 4EVER

A new scientific theory suggests the moon formed from a cosmic vapor donut

Quartz

A staff member walks at Didi Chuxing's booth at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) 2017 in Beijing, China April 28, 2017.

DETHRONED

China is quickly becoming the dominant force in startups

Quartz

A view of heavy traffic during the afternoon rush hours in Beijing, China, February 23, 2016. Picture taken February 23, 2016.

STREET FIGHT

China is beating back traffic in its most congested cities

Quartz

A pedestrian holding an umbrella passes by cars and a bus stopped after police closed off a stretch of Wilson Boulevard due to icy conditions in Arlington, Virginia.

DATA SAVES LIVES

Microsoft is enabling Alaska to reduce car deaths on icy roads

Quartz

COSMIC LOTTERY

An amateur astronomer captured an impossible photo of an exploding star

Quartz

A homeless receives some money as he sits in the streets in Paris.

INNOVATE

Austin wants to use blockchain technology to help the homeless

Quartz

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Karen Hao

Pittsburgh’s ‘living building’ focuses on eco-friendly construction

One small change to New York’s intersections is saving pedestrians’ lives

Watch a massive asteroid fly past Earth in its closest encounter in 300 years

The first rule of being a woman in crypto is you do not talk about being a woman in crypto

A new scientific theory suggests the moon formed from a cosmic vapor donut

China is quickly becoming the dominant force in startups

China is beating back traffic in its most congested cities

Microsoft is enabling Alaska to reduce car deaths on icy roads

An amateur astronomer captured an impossible photo of an exploding star

Austin wants to use blockchain technology to help the homeless