100-calorie foods.
“A breakdown of 100-calorie foods, from one spoonful of peanut butter to 100 radishes.” ~ learn more
“A breakdown of 100-calorie foods, from one spoonful of peanut butter to 100 radishes.” ~ learn more
This is from an animal study published in 2020 by UC Riverside researchers. “Used for fast food frying, added to packaged foods, and fed to livestock, soybean oil is by far the most widely produced and consumed edible oil in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In all likelihood, it is not healthy for humans.” But wait! “Do not throw out your tofu, soymilk, edamame, or soy…
“The General Social Survey includes a WORDSUM vocabulary test component that is often used as a proxy measure for IQ. Want to see how well you can do? Try these 20 questions!” It’s basically a hundred year old test with a bunch of obscure (today, and also maybe a hundred years ago) words. I scored 8.5/10. The conversion to IQ score is missing, or maybe I’m not smart enough to…
“According to Air Canada, Moffatt never should have trusted the chatbot and the airline should not be liable for the chatbot's misleading information because Air Canada essentially argued that "the chatbot is a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions," a court order said.” Spoiler: they lost. ~ learn more
“Cousins take up an interesting space in many family dynamics — not quite siblings, not quite friends. Some people may grow up alongside their cousins and have a deep bond and others may rarely see them or speak to them at all. Yet experts agree the role can be an important one.” ~ learn more
“With all of these changes, nirvana is near: software as a variable cost business. No longer does a new software business need to default to developers, sales reps, or customer success managers to reliably generate cash flow at scale. Every cost is a choice, and founders can now choose to avoid the pitfalls and problems of the past.” ~ learn more
Here’s an explanation into the market forces that drive the modern podcast business model. ~ learn more
“In the software industry, your team probably already has some software professionals with a variety of technical skills, and thus they know what to do with technical challenges. Which means that, as often as not, the problem is to do with people rather than technology, even it appears otherwise.” ~ learn more
Be careful out there! “Now I know this was all a scam — a cruel and violating one but painfully obvious in retrospect. Here’s what I can’t figure out: Why didn’t I just hang up and call 911? Why didn’t I text my husband, or my brother (a lawyer), or my best friend (also a lawyer), or my parents, or one of the many other people who would have helped…
Before CAR-T therapy really picks up steam toward its full life-saving potential, society might see one or more major improvements in its cost or effectiveness. Here’s one: “Traditional CAR-T cells, while effective against liquid cancers, face challenges in solid tumors—the cells wear themselves out and ultimately failing to destroy the cancer fully. Professor Tang's research introduces CAR-T cells that excrete the IL-10 molecule, which is then ingested by the modified…