A long piece in The New Yorker digs deep into the carbon offsets market and one of its big players, South Pole. “Offsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold […]
“To develop this tool, CNN examined nutrition labels and ingredient lists for menu items sold by popular fast-food and lunch cafés around the country.” ~ learn more
It’s the time of the business cycle when popular press takes shots at all the venture-funded concept that didn’t deliver on their promise. I feel ambivalent. Yes, the criticisms are often legit. But also, yes, it’s damn good that founders […]
“Those re-engineered aptamers were then mounted on a gold electrode within an E-AB biosensor, which was subsequently immersed in saliva gathered from a group of test subjects. Not only was the sensor able to measure glucose concentrations in the liquid […]
There’s a video demo. It’s pretty cool. “In a world-first, researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts and turn them into […]
“Jassy said 60% of shipments in Amazon’s top 60 metropolitan areas have been same-day or one-day deliveries in the first half of the year. Amazon has found that delivery speed meaningfully changes customers’ conversion rates and the rate at which […]
“I’ve been in and around the pharma industry for nearly 30 years, and I’ve spent time in gene therapy/gene editing where the one-time cure model dominates. Some thoughts on chronic vs. curative dosing and why a curative therapy is likely […]
“I used to think I was pretty smart. I have lots of friends who are just as smart as me, and many who are smarter, but always the difference was a difference of degree. Until I met the Smartest Person.” ~ learn […]
The title rang true, I had never heard of this firm. Its first three funds produces more than 10x returns each. “Hummingbird Ventures has built an astonishing track record – all while staying out of the limelight. Its secret to […]
A report by SVB based on their proprietary data. “Our inaugural Innovation in Women’s Health report unveils an optimistic outlook for this undervalued and rapidly growing sector, despite broader VC challenges and obstacles within the space.” One interesting chart shows […]