True World Foods, the company established by Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, is responsible for bringing the taste for sushi, and the supply of fish, to America. | learn more
“From the beginning we are introduced to a menagerie that perches in the gray area between alive and not-alive: creatures like tardigrades and nematodes that can reemerge from cryptobiosis with the touch of water, pythons whose basal metabolic rates can […]
“A new study has shown how targeting an enzyme within fat cells can alter sensitivity to leptin and in turn drive rapid weight loss in obese mice, while also improving overall metabolic health.” | learn more
“The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions.” | learn more
“If your team’s interactions are becoming predictable or languishing in a flat line, it might be time to stir things up. These four strategies can break stale habits in your team and raise the temperature in your meetings…” | learn more
A very good keynote speech from Dean Williams of Batterymarch Financial Management. “Confidence in a forecast rises with the amount of information that goes into it. But the accuracy of the forecast stays the same.” | learn more
This link came to me by chance, and I was thrilled to see it hosted on my friend’s site DailyIdea.com! “Any time you can think of something that is possible this year and wasn’t possible last year, you should pay […]
I’ve been enjoying the Austin Politics Newsletter by Jack Craver. I met him around the neighborhood and right away could tell he grasped the many nuances of local politics. Over the past week he’s done a great job covering the […]
Russia… “Two of the three teens were cleared of charges because they cooperated with authorities, but Nikita Uvarov, age 16, was sentenced to five years in prison by a Siberian military court for “training for terrorist activities,” rights lawyer Pavel […]
What words do Americans know that the English don’t? And vice versa! | learn more