One engineer was determined to find out. “I ran various experiments with the freezer empty and full, logging internal temperature, external wall temperature and power consumption every 30 seconds.” | learn more
“Tutorial for C.I.A. Lacing shoes, in which straight segments are interpersed with one or more visible crossovers at different positions as a form of covert signalling.” Thanks to this, I’m now walking around side-eyeing everyone’s allbirds. | learn more
Messari’s Unqualified Opinions this week is excellent. “The major themes of this week can be broken down into the divergent paths between Bitcoin and Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem. Bitcoin put on its best boardroom suit and tie, while DeFi went from […]
Professor Bryan Caplan of George Mason University’s economics department shares an alternative view on education. “I’ve been in school for the last 35 years – 21 years as a student, the rest as a professor. As a result, the Real World […]
“Scientists in Australia have made an exciting breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research, demonstrating what they describe as the first gene-therapy-based approach for treating advanced forms of the disease.” | learn more
“There are real cases. There is real spying going on,” says Frank Wu, a lawyer and legal historian at the Hastings College of Law who has advised many Chinese American scientists since the investigations came to light. But when it […]
ShipBob’s business is running warehouses so their e-commerce brand customers don’t have to. They ship a lot of packages with various carriers. This weekly time-in-transit page makes me smile because it’s data that might otherwise be locked away if not […]
For decades, people have been licking joints to seal them. Now that this is a regulated retail industry, I think it’s fair to expect spit-free product. “Michigan marijuana regulators issued a broad product recall Thursday based on a “confirmed complaint” […]
Axios Future did a nice job highlighting some of the dynamics around indoor air quality. I expect most establishments are unprepared to put guests at ease about air cleanliness this winter. I’ve also heard that some HVAC manufacturers are having […]
This HBR article highlights interesting findings that show people have lower intrinsic motivation when they feel like they’re working during personal time. Interestingly, simply re-framing the time as work time, for example by telling yourself “People usually use weekends to […]