Venture capitalist Benedict Evans has a new post discussing the likely winner-takes-all outcomes in the burgeoning autonomous car business. His analysis is always very thorough and worth reading. | learn more
In case you haven’t seen this news everywhere already, Amazon wants to find a city to support a 2nd headquarters. Chicago will bid. I’ll reserve excitement, but it’d be cool for sure! | learn more
CPS is usually in the news in a negative light (being broke, teachers strikes, schools closing, etc.), but this week’s story is something to be proud of! Over the past 6 years, the graduation rate has grown 36%. The growth […]
“A new paper in the journal Proceedings of Royal Society B reveals that when wild dogs in Botswana sneeze, they aren’t merely clearing their nasal passages. They are actually voting on whether to go hunting, and some dogs are especially […]
To all my color-blind brethren, it’s time to rejoice! Did you know Uno is the most popular non-collectible card game in the world? | learn more
Two things scientists are trying: 1) suck up carbon dioxide from the air, and 2) dim sunlight by releasing special material from high altitude balloons. | learn more
“As a condition, orthorexia has a somewhat zig-zagged history. The term was coined by Steven Bratman, then an alternative medicine practitioner, in a 1997 article for Yoga Journal after he noticed that some of his clients, ‘had reduced the dimensionality […]
“In demand by multinational retailers and food producers, Inscatech and its agents scour supply chains around the world hunting for evidence of food industry fraud and malpractice.” | learn more
“Located in a decaying industrial park on the outskirts of town, the mine employs about 50 and consists of eight single-story, warehouse-like buildings, each 150 meters (492 feet) long. Seven of them host 21,000 machines that, together, represent nearly 4% […]
MIT researchers have found a way to interfere with HDAC2, an enzyme that blocks memory-linked genes in mice. The therapy used is not suitable for drugs because the protein fragment is too large, but further research may find a solution. | learn […]