This is surprising, especially in the face of the “people are fleeing [insert city]” narrative. “A new study identifies powerful psychological factors that connect people to places, and that mean more to them than money.” | learn more
This is clever! Indians have taken to using zero rupee notes, created by a nonprofit, when asked to pay a bribe, “as a means … to register their refusal to participate in bribery.” | learn more
“Studies have already found an association between junk foods and weight gain, but this link has never been investigated with a randomised controlled trial (RCT), the gold standard of clinical studies.” Until now. Some of the findings of the underlying […]
This is very cool and if the scaled cost is right will be a huge deal! “…[L]ow-density polyethylene can be recycled into new plastic, but there’s much more waste than recycling facilities can currently handle. With that in mind, scientists […]
Want to explore your creativity? This tool gives you a writing prompt, a text box and a timer. But if you stop typing, all progress is lost. | learn more
“Loosely translated, this means, ‘It is solved by walking,’ and by ‘it’ Whitehouse means practically anything.” Pair with this TED talk from Marily Oppezzo. | learn more
“Humana is teaming up with two investment firms to become the nation’s largest provider of hospice care, dominating a rapidly growing — and controversial — business.” | learn more
From TechCrunch: “Facebook is finally ready to reveal details about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It’s currently scheduled for a June 18th release of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s basics…” | learn more
The title doesn’t do this video justice. It’s a high-bandwidth conversion between Chris Dixon (a16z) and Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital. Not for blockchain beginners. | learn more