under the microscope

Data is not available upon request.

Oh, my! “Among articles stating that data was available upon request, only 17% shared data upon request. The presence of Data Availability Statements was not associated with higher rates of data sharing(p= .55), indicating a lack of adherence to journals’ […]

tech, startups, internet

Compounding until inflection.

A tale of two startup biotechs strategies. “All value comes from clinical products. But it’s only possible to build a generational biotech company with a foundational technology platform capable of developing multiple products.” ~ learn more

fun facts

Fit over 40.

“I found a guy who goes around Miami asking insanely fit people over 40: • What they eat • What workouts they do • What supplements they take. Here are my top 8” ~ learn more

fun facts

A real life Weekend at Bernie’s.

“Police in Brazil have detained a woman suspected of wheeling a dead man, who she said was her uncle, to a bank to withdraw a four-figure loan.” ~ learn more

under the microscope

Things could be better.

Science does not have to be written with dry language and locked away behind inaccessible journals. Adam Mastroianni proves the point by publishing the results of eight studies he conducted. “It goes like this: when people imagine how things could […]

better doing

Lindley’s paradox.

On null effects in science. “What’s more convincing? p = 0.04 in a sample of 10 or p = 0.04 in a sample of 1,000,000?” ~ learn more

better doing

A word to the resourceful.

One of Paul Graham’s essays from 2012: “A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we’d funded: they all seemed hard to talk to. It felt as if there was some kind of wall between us. […]