thoughts of food
How protein conquered America.
The story you’ve probably never read about Muscle Milk’s rise from niche to everywhere. | learn more
Month: March 2018
thoughts of food
Why expensive salad chains are booming.
Thank you, Eater, for answering the hard-hitting questions! Seriously, I’m a big fan of Sweetgreen and the new salad movement. | learn more
under the microscope
A year in space changes Scott Kelly’s gene expression.
“Scott and Mark Kelly are identical twin brothers — at least, they were until Scott spent a year living in space. When Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a 340-day voyage aboard the International Space Station (ISS) … his gene […]
under the microscope
CRISPR method to combat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
“Researchers recently used CRISPR to correct most of the 3,000 gene mutations behind DMD.” | learn more
better doing
Winning the battle, losing the war.
Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans twice in battle, but at the expense of most of his men. Here’s a fun fact: I first learned the term Pyrrhic victory watching 90s movie 187 starring Samuel L Jackson. | learn more
better doing
Confirmation bias: why you make terrible life choices.
What a provocative title! This post by Nir Eyal is nicely illustrated and a fun read. Just as important, it’s a reminder of a bias to look out for. And we all need reminders since we’re humans programmed for cognitive […]
on the blockchain
Skin-in-the-game coins.
Remember TwoBitIdiot, who wrote 95 crypto theses? Well I’m glad I started following him, as he’s back with another gem of a post. Here he analyzes a type of token that he thinks won’t trend towards zero value: the skin-in-the-game token. | learn […]
on the blockchain
Models for scaling trustless computation.
Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital wrote this long essay outlining his views on the scaling trade-offs for trustless computing. I learned a lot from it, and I’m sure I ended up missing even more. I find that I need to […]
staying thirsty
Graphene filter makes Sydney Harbour water drinkable.
“Now scientists have demonstrated how effective a specially-designed form of graphene can be at purifying water with a pretty challenging test: the filter made water from Sydney Harbour safe to drink in one step.” | learn more
staying thirsty
Hydropanels suck water from desert air.
Ryan Bradley from WIRED went out into the desert with a panel from NBD Nanotechnologies that extracts water from thin air. | learn more