Top UK comedy club bans audience members with botox. “In a drastic move, those with botox will be unable to see similar stars live at the London venues after stand-up acts shared concerns that audience members with frozen faces aren’t […]
The Frontier in 2025. This is great! “How did the world change this year? Which results are speculative? Which are biggest, if true? We collected and scored 202 results. Filter by field, our best guess of the probability that they […]
The world needs a better measure of manufacturing output than GDP. “the fundamental problem is that economics treats manufacturing as a flow (inputs, outputs, productivity per hour) when the strategic question is actually about stock. what capabilities exist? who holds […]
Overuse of noise-cancelling headphones? “You have almost created this false environment by wearing those headphones of only listening to what you want to listen to.” Some audiologists are concerned that this could impact the brain’s ability to process complex sounds. […]
Google Maps as market maker. The app is not just reflecting, but actively organizing urban demand, transforming restaurant survival “into a cumulative-advantage dynamic that looks remarkably similar to the way capital compounds in financial markets.” ~ learn more
When odds become absurd. “You’d need to play Powerball for roughly 5.6 million years to have a 50% chance of winning once.” This website shows two lotteries being played every second, making the astronomical odds of a jackpot win visible […]
The power of surrogate endpoints. “Surrogate endpoints: measurable intermediate biological signals that reliably predict clinical benefit, such as biomarkers or imaging readouts.” By utilizing these proxies, clinical trials can be significantly expedited, decreasing costs and increasing efficiency in drug development. […]
The power of urolithin A. “This study is that critical first step and shows that urolithin A can safely enhance immune function in humans,” says Dr. Dominic Denk. Found in foods like pomegranates and walnuts, this compound rejuvenates immune cells, […]
You might soon believe in aliens. “Luckily, if you start investigating aliens today, you can be at just the right time to be part of the “early majority” – your friends will remember that you were talking about it just […]
I taught an octopus piano (it took 6 months). This Youtube creator has earned some high praise in the comment section: “I work as a behavioral neuroscientist and I can honestly, without hyperbole, say that this is genuinely cutting edge […]