“Because resupply missions are challenging and sunlight doesn’t reach some parts of the Moon, NASA is betting that simple, lightweight nuclear reactors are the way to go.” I especially love this because when I was a kid, I thought it’d […]
“Rather than swimming through the blood like other micro-robots, the new ones move by rolling along the walls of blood vessels, much like white blood cells do. The direction of this movement can be controlled from outside the body by […]
Walmart’s had an online marketplace since 2009, though it’s always fallen short of Amazon’s in scale. Now they’re teaming up with Shopify to bring more sellers and more products to the platform. It’s also a reflection of (I think) philosophical […]
Sutter Health, a California health system with 43% net profit margins over the past decade and $13 Billion in revenue last year, “was accused of using its market dominance in Northern California to illegally drive up prices.” They had agreed […]
Farnam Street discusses risk compensation, like driving faster because we strap on our seat belts. “Understanding how it affects our behavior can help us make the best possible decisions in an uncertain world.” | learn more
The team at Basecamp launched a new paid email service called Hey.com this week. Like Gmail, it’s email service & email software bundled together with some new bells & whistles. The founders are now publicly feuding with Apple over the […]
This is basically cliff’s notes for venture capital. “Venture Patterns catalogs the best of what other startups and venture capitalists have figured out. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Since there are recurring patterns in how to build and run startups and […]
Currently landlords are required to provide heating to a minimum temperature, but not cooling. Given many buildings were built before air conditioning was widely adopted, this sort of makes sense. Except that Chicago’s summer is unbearable without air conditioning. If […]
“Superspreading Events (SSEs) are events where multiple people —a minimum of 5, for example — get infected with the novel coronavirus.” Highlight: 220 people in Germany sick after, “4-hour-event. Live music, ritualized kissing.” This is a database of information about […]
I learned from this article that drinking in public was not banned anywhere until 1975. Now it’s banned practically everywhere. How and why did that happen? | learn more