Humans are funny. “A spite house is a building constructed or substantially modified to irritate neighbors or any party with land stakes. Because long-term occupation is not the primary purpose of these houses, they frequently sport strange and impractical structures.” ~ learn […]
This is a LinkedIn post by Flexport founder Ryan Petersen. “85% of container ships that would’ve transited the Red Sea are now going around the southern tip of Africa as of this morning.” ~ learn more
In the late 1700s, America needed standardized weights and measures because each state was running its own wild show. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson wrote to his contacts in France requesting a standardized kilogram weight. The ship it was on […]
This was published as a commentary in Nature. It’s titled “Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help.” My opinion is that there’s clearly no requirement to understand economics before submitting for publication. One of their ideas: “This requires cancelling […]
According to the data in this article, there’s about 1 Mexican restaurant for every 666 Mexican-Americans in the US. Meanwhile, there’s 1 Thai restaurant for every 56 Thai-Americans. What explains this 10x difference in restaurant prevalence? The Thai Government. ~ learn more
“Stanford University recruited 22 sets of identical twins who had grown up together, and who reported similar present-day lifestyles, for this eight-week meal-plan-controlled trial, in an effort to provide more robust data to support the existing body of evidence.” ~ learn more
That’s the title of this GQ post. The author admires the company, as you might imagine. “Emanuel, who possessed no advanced degree but was undeterred in adopting a physician’s title, founded Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps in the late 1940s, in […]
This is a thorough and trustworthy article from the Nutrisense content team. “As you gain insight into what factors impact your glucose levels through the day, you might be wondering more about glucose spikes. What counts as a glucose spike? […]
A simple software tool to support self-experimentation. “If you’re curious or skeptical about the effectiveness of supplements and activities, n1.tools provides structured experiments, simple data entry, and an easy-to-interpret dashboard with relevant statistics to help you figure out what really […]
“Eating a diet of nothing but potatoes (or almost nothing but potatoes) causes quick, effortless weight loss for many people. … Why the hell does this happen? Well, there are many theories. To help get a sense of which theories […]