Sequoia’s big cheese Roelof Botha. This is a fun watch if you are interested in venture capital, which Botha insists is not an asset class. Botha argued that investing in venture capital is a “return-free risk” for the vast majority […]
Starlink’s mobile ambitions shake the industry. “The spectrum will allow SpaceX to provide phone, text, and broadband services from space to mobile users throughout the United States and around the world, especially in areas where terrestrial systems do not reach.” […]
Andrej Karpathy on Dwarkesh podcast. Karpathy predicts, “AGI will blend into 2% GDP growth.” The conversation covers LLM cognitive deficits, the evolution of intelligence and culture, and the future of education. It’s fantastic. Also, right after, Karpathy wrote this great […]
The Spilhaus Projection. This unique map shifts focus to the vast expanse of oceans, unifying them as one continuous body and centering Antarctica, offering a much-needed perspective on our Earth’s waters. ~ learn more
The Great Tea Race of 1866. On a May morning, five fast clippers set sail from China to London in a maritime showdown for the prized first tea delivery. Ariel and Taeping reached London neck-and-neck, only to face the harsh […]
Is the world really running out of sand? Despite alarming headlines, “the world is not running out of sand,” says Grady of Practical Engineering. The real issue lies in using specific types for construction, as certain sands are easier to […]
Play these number games. Quiz Math Genius offers quirky challenges like “Number Ball Sum Challenge” where you “tap on three balls that sum to the target number,” and “Prime Number Hunter” to hone your speed and number sense under pressure. […]
Solar energy hits new low cost. “In the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from coal, gas or wind.” Researchers from the University of Surrey argue […]
Self-driving labs. These labs are robotic platforms that use machine learning and automation to conduct dynamic flow experiments, continuously varying chemical mixtures and capturing data in real-time. “Imagine if scientists could discover breakthrough materials for clean energy, new electronics, or […]
Junk food’s sudden brain impact. “We knew that diet and metabolism could affect brain health, but we didn’t expect to find such a specific and vulnerable group of brain cells, CCK interneurons in the hippocampus, that were directly disrupted by […]