fun facts
PFA: An acronym you’ll need to google to understand.
Someone used this in an email to a friend and all of us were stumped. | learn more
staying thirsty
Two-thirds of U.S. water systems contain uranium.
Yikes. “Between 2000 and 2011, 2.1% of those water systems had average annual uranium concentrations that exceeded EPA maximums. Uranium was detected in water systems 63% of the time during compliance monitoring.” | learn more
on the blockchain
A Gen-Z VC’s take on the metaverse.
“As a 24-year-old “elder Gen Z,” I grew up playing Webkinz and Club Penguin in elementary school. Webkinz was a perfect representation of bridging the physical and digital worlds – you received a plush Webkinz toy for your birthday that […]
on the blockchain
In praise of Ponzis,
“Join a pyramid. It’s not a bubble unless it bursts.” | learn more
better doing
Newly measured particle seems heavy enough to break known physics.
“Silence fell as the physicists absorbed the answer. They had found that the W boson weighs 80,433 million electron volts (MeV), give or take 9 MeV. That makes it a whopping 76 MeV heavier than the Standard Model predicts, a […]
under the microscope
DNA Sequencing is eating the world
The first of a four-part series. “When I think about what is different in the world of genetic technologies, I think about Sequencing, Synthesis, Scale, and Software. … Incredible things are now possible at the intersection of these areas. The […]
to your health
Apple targets watch blood-pressure tool for 2024 after snags.
“The company has teams working on an updated sensor and software for the Apple Watch that would determine if a user has high blood pressure, but accuracy has been a challenge during testing, said the people, who asked not to […]
better doing
Reasonably intelligent people tend to overestimate how smart everyone else is.
“Fortunately, the PISA website has sample math questions from the 2012 assessment, corresponding to each of the six different levels of difficulty, as well as statistics on the percentage of 15-16 year old students from each of the participating countries […]
better doing
Mindblowing lessons from 2 ex-CIA spies.
I don’t know that I’d take the provenance of this information too seriously, but I did find it interesting. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Burning cash, Fast.
“Fast, a buzzy startup that attracted more than $120 million in investment to help people expedite online purchases, is shutting down, according to the company’s chief executive, Domm Holland.” | learn more