This is a neat summary from NASA highlighting the developments in rocketry since its birth circa 400 BC. “The mighty space rockets of today are the result of more than 2,000 years of invention, experimentation, and discovery.” | learn more
Author: Thomas Hager Before a drug can change the world, it must be discovered. Ten Drugs tells stories of these fateful discoveries. Taken together, they paint a picture of humanity’s long and complicated relationship with drugs. We often hear polarized […]
“Illinois does not behave like any other recreational-legal state. Here’s fourteen things to know so you better understand why.” | learn more
Things unexpectedly named after people. One was very unexpected: Taco Bell! | learn more
Though this post is a big haphazard, it offers some interesting ideas on Open Finance (DeFi) and what the author calls Open Law. | learn more
A short article with a high concentration of new-to-me knowledge. “Nick Rowe points out that if a central bank wants to control the economy’s price level, it needn’t issue any actual money—it can just edit the dictionary every morning, announcing […]
Read on if this seems interesting: “innovation is the child of freedom and the parent of prosperity.” Available as a podcast and a transcript. | part 1 and part 2
Two things caught my eye here. First, this is led by KFC Russia, which is entertaining. Second, they used the term “crafted meat products”, which I hadn’t heard before. I suspect there’s a consumer challenge with something called “lab grown […]
This is from late May. Founder of both, Nick Kokonas, “explains his businesses’ pivots on Eater’s Digest.” | learn more
“The soil beneath our feet is alive with electrical signals being sent from one plant to another, according to research…” | learn more