“We found this cool study about randomness that we wanted to show you. But…there is something we saw in the data that made us question the results. Can you help us reproduce the study and figure things out?” | learn more
“After 24 weeks of intranasal insulin use, both diabetics and non-diabetics showed improvements on a number of cognitive measures.” | learn more
“A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did come out of the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.” | learn more
“In a US context, the authors tested whether appearance-altering photo-filters can exploit this bias, focusing on the moderating role of job type, gender and race as well the mediating role of two major dimensions of person perception (warmth and competence).” | learn […]
“Experts say that while nutrition studies are notoriously challenging to carry out, there is a compelling and ever-growing body of research that does suggest that some foods and diets may offer real benefits to an aging brain. So we spoke […]
“Now, scientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance.” | learn more
Part 2 of the 4-part series I started sharing last week. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a talk at a biology conference and said that he felt “your industry is at the same stage mine was in 40 years […]
This is an incredible development and it’s already in human trials. “The new treatment is called “histotripsy,” and it noninvasively directs ultrasound waves so that the target tissue is mechanically destroyed — and with millimeter precision. This novel technique is […]
The first of a four-part series. “When I think about what is different in the world of genetic technologies, I think about Sequencing, Synthesis, Scale, and Software. … Incredible things are now possible at the intersection of these areas. The […]
“I have identified 160+ translational labs that already have started or might likely start a company based on their research. These bio labs are in the top clusters (Bay Area, San Diego, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and newly New Jersey […]