fun facts
The average cat’s reaction time is 20-70 milliseconds.
This 7 second video shows you why that matters. ~ learn more
under the microscope
3-second workout just 3 times a week provides real benefits.
Everyone can find 3 seconds per day, right? “In 2022, researchers from Australia’s Edith Cowan University, in collaboration with Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Japan, found that doing eccentric bicep contractions for just three seconds a day for five […]
under the microscope
A targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research.
“The researchers tested AOH1996, a small molecule PCNA inhibitor, in more than 70 cancer cell lines and several normal control cells. They found that AOH1996 selectively kills cancer cells by disrupting the normal cell reproductive cycle. It targets something called […]
under the microscope
Scientists control human DNA with electricity.
“In a novel experiment, researchers were able to trigger insulin production in human cells by sending electrical currents through an “electrogenetic” interface that activates targeted genes.” ~ learn more
retail therapy
Overstock.com is now Bed Bath & Beyond.
They bought the rights to the brand and website out of bankruptcy and decided that it’s a better name so they’re switching to it. ~ learn more
to your health
In the E.R., is it better to be treated by a hot-shot heart surgeon or a rookie?
“The heart surgeons most likely to attend the national meetings also tend to be the go-getters, eager to cut and demonstrate their prowess in the operating theater. When these surgeons are away, mortality rates decrease by about 12.5%, a decrease […]
to your health
Placebo in surgical research.
This is a paper about ethics, but I suggest you read it for the summaries of the three featured studies. “The purpose of this paper is to present three famous cases of placebo use in surgical trials and to perform […]
better doing
On-boarding your AI intern.
“Just like any new worker, you are going to have to learn its strengths and weaknesses; you are going to have to learn to train and work with it; and you are going to have to get a sense of […]
better doing
The last 1%.
This is about software development, but I think it’s more broadly applicable. “I’ve seen (and been on) so many projects that claim success and move on to the next thing when they are 99% done and fail to complete the […]
tech, startups, internet
Google’s new multimodal medical AI.
“Med-PaLM M is a large multimodal generative model that flexibly encodes and interprets biomedical data including clinical language, imaging, and genomics with the same set of model weights. Med-PaLM M reaches performance competitive with or exceeding the state of the […]