fun facts
What is a watershed?
I looked up the meaning of ‘watershed moment’ and instead ended up learning all about watersheds. They can range in size from small to thousands of square miles. | learn more
fun facts
How do we engineer the weather?
This is a short video full of fun facts and interesting footage. At least 52 countries have some sort of weather modification program! | learn more
big ideas
Ark Invest’s big ideas 2022.
“This annual research report seeks to highlight our most provocative research conclusions for the coming year.” Multi-omics, autonomous ride-hail and logistics, and orbital aerospace all sound pretty interesting to me. | learn more
under the microscope
Applying mRNA to healing broken bones.
“Overall, the Mayo Clinic team argues that in bone healing, mRNA “promises to couple affordability with efficacy, and clinical expediency with safety, while presenting fewer barriers than traditional gene therapy to clinical translation.” | learn more
under the microscope
Pulse as a biometric measure of wellbeing.
“Pulse rates have been overlooked as a potentially valuable way of capturing individuals’ wellbeing. The value of pulse rate as a wellbeing metric is that, unlike subjective wellbeing metrics, it is recorded on an objective cardinal scale.” | learn more
under the microscope
Polygenic screening of embryos is here.
“The first child born using the technique arrived last year. But can it really help reduce diseases in a new generation, or is it ‘techno-eugenics’?” | learn more
retail therapy
How to import duty-free with Section 321.
Some of your favorite direct-to-consumer clothing brands use this loophole to import Chinese-made products without any tariffs. | learn more
better doing
CMO secrets revealed.
“13 marketing leaders share secrets that will change how you market today.” Okay that headline might oversell it, but this is educational anyway. | learn more
better doing
Five ways to grow through SEO that are not content marketing.
“Yes, we all know that when it comes to Search, original content is king. But there are multiple effective ways to generate quality and original SEO traffic. And some of those ways don’t require writing a single article.” | learn more
better doing
Joining hypergrowth startups.
“The advice is meant for anyone joining the early stages of a hypergrowth team (15-150 people; multiplying in revenue, investments and/or headcount). Usually in the first 1-3 years of a startup. Most of the advice I would not give in […]