thoughts of food
Delicious, healthier holiday classics.
“Our dietitian at Nutrisense adapted 10 of the most popular seasonal dishes to create unique healthy, guilt-free and tasty holiday recipes.” | learn more
under the microscope
Alzheimer’s study identifies two specific genes that increase risk.
“In most assessments of AD, researchers used genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which are observational tests that look at all of the genetic information within DNA to find connections. However, GWAS does not catch the risk from rare variants of mutations. […]
under the microscope
Mechanochemical breakthrough unlocks cheap, safe, powdered hydrogen.
“Mechanochemistry is a relatively recently coined term, referring to chemical reactions that are triggered by mechanical forces as opposed to heat, light, or electric potential differences.” | learn more
retail therapy
When brands got horny.
“For a time, acting sassy or edgy was enough for brands seeking to break through the social-media noise. These days, however, the golden ticket is acting horny.” | learn more
to your health
Good cholesterol not always so good.
“Looking at so-called “good” HDL cholesterol, the research found low levels only correlated with increased heart disease in White adults. And perhaps most striking, high HDL levels were not associated with less heart attacks in either White or Black study […]
to your health
A French village’s radical vision of a good life with Alzheimer’s.
“Its residents can come and go from their homes as they please, whether through the unlocked door or through a window. They can wake and shower at their leisure; they can shout, pilfer sweets, make tea at 2 a.m., sweep […]
better doing
Choose good quests.
“Today, we are in a crisis. Silicon Valley’s best — our top operators, exited founders, and most powerful investors — are almost all on bad quests. Exiting your first startup only to enter venture capital and fight your peers for […]
better doing
Bet sizing is not intuitive.
“In October 2016, Richard Dewey and Victor Haghani (of LTCM infamy) published a study titled: Observed Betting Patterns on a Biased Coin … The study is a dazzling illustration of how poor our intuition is for proper bet sizing.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Networking and the metaverse.
Part 3 of the series by Matthew Ball covers bandwidth, latency, and reliability of networks. “If we want to interact in a large, real-time, shared, and persistent virtual environment, we will need to receive a superabundance of cloud-streamed data.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Stable Diffusion 2.0.
The open-source AI image generation tool keeps getting better. This version has better text interpretation, enhanced resolution, better depth handling and more. | learn more