“Architect Malika Junaid gives a tour of her $10 million home, which was designed with her family’s science-fiction interests in mind. It’s full of automations, an elevator and what she calls an abstract Starship Enterprise.” | learn more
“In ‘The Prosperity Paradox,’ Harvard professor Clay Christensen and two co-authors seek to unravel why, despite decades of aid amounting to a cumulative $4.3 trillion, many poor nations remain impoverished. In terms of income per capita, at least 20 of […]
In part, we have Bill & Melinda Gates to thank for this. “There is a clear delineation in improved results after 2000, when ‘the world started investing more in global health, and in particular global health institutions,’ Melinda said.” | learn more
“In 2013, Robert Lee, then a 23-year-old one-time aspiring master of the finance world, created Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, which intercepts food before it hits the dumpsters and delivers it by hand to nearby shelters, soup kitchens and social service agencies. […]
“More than 10 percent of adults in the U.S. – over 26 million – are estimated to have food allergy, and almost twice as many people believe they have food allergy but report symptoms that are inconsistent with a true […]
“Researchers from the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Naples Federico II in Italy discovered that when gut microbes from healthy human infants were transplanted into germ-free mice, the animals were protected from an allergic reaction […]
Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the NIH, didn’t miss this opportunity to share the breakthroughs chosen by the journal Science. Of course, they helped fund many of them. Amazing stuff all around. | learn more
Entrepreneurs, pay attention to this one. Ajay Goel is a serial founder in the email space. His businesses are bootstrapped and extremely profitable. His latest venture went from zero to $1MM+ ARR in almost no time. In this interview he […]
The inevitable returns process is one of my least favorite aspects of online shopping. This Chicago startup lets consumers hire them to deal with the logistics of sending back unwanted products. Amazon does a nice job of easy returns, and […]
China is arguably in the lead here – Alibaba has outfitted about 1 million mom & pop shops with heat sensors, digital payments and inventory tracking. While the US has fallen behind due to cultural privacy concerns, progress persists. | learn more