under the microscope

Peanut and other allergies may be treatable.

The liver is regularly bombarded with foreign substances, and is home to antigen-presenting cells that train the immune system to tolerate foreign proteins rather than attacking them. Delivering carefully selected protein fragments to the liver helps put a damper on […]

to your health

GPT is not a doctor.

This is the bear case, of course, and I think the optimists aren’t completely out on a limb. “STAT News reports that the research, while not yet fully released and still pending peer review, found that nearly 60 percent of […]

better doing

Leverage accelerates everything.

“The reason that supply chain issues were so bad is that leveraged organizations needed to figure out how to extract every penny from their cash flow, and having less inventory on hand seemed like a smart way to eke out […]

tech, startups, internet

The AI communication paradox.

AI-enhanced replies change the game. People rate these messages higher, and the conversation partners as “closer and more cooperative.” But that breaks down as soon as people suspect an algorithm was invovled in the response. So AI helps, unless you […]

tech, startups, internet

Maker risks.

Risk is all around us. Indie hacker Ryan Kulp: “advising what “not” to do, however, is still useful. so in this post i’m sharing a few tech entrepreneur strategies to avoid, accompanied by mitigation tactics in case you’re already knee-deep […]

tech, startups, internet

On the value of small angel checks.

“Taking small checks from angel investors often leads to introductions to other investors, resulting in a multiplicative effect, or the “money multiplier.” These angel investors often work in the tech industry and are keen to help startups grow. As a […]

fun facts

Throbbing pain doesn’t follow your heartbeat rhythm.

“Contrary to what you might think, throbbing pain is not beating to your heartbeat or pulse. … Researchers further analyzed the simultaneous recordings and found that the two rhythms weren’t synchronous in any way.” ~ learn more

fun facts

The truth about the calendar mishap.

Why aren’t SEPTember, OCTOber, NOVember, and DECember the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months of the year? “The normal version of this story you’ll hear is that this is all Julius Caesar’s fault for ‘adding’ July, but that’s not quite […]