This is clever! Indians have taken to using zero rupee notes, created by a nonprofit, when asked to pay a bribe, “as a means … to register their refusal to participate in bribery.” | learn more
“Studies have already found an association between junk foods and weight gain, but this link has never been investigated with a randomised controlled trial (RCT), the gold standard of clinical studies.” Until now. Some of the findings of the underlying […]
This is very cool and if the scaled cost is right will be a huge deal! “…[L]ow-density polyethylene can be recycled into new plastic, but there’s much more waste than recycling facilities can currently handle. With that in mind, scientists […]
Want to explore your creativity? This tool gives you a writing prompt, a text box and a timer. But if you stop typing, all progress is lost. | learn more
“Loosely translated, this means, ‘It is solved by walking,’ and by ‘it’ Whitehouse means practically anything.” Pair with this TED talk from Marily Oppezzo. | learn more
“Humana is teaming up with two investment firms to become the nation’s largest provider of hospice care, dominating a rapidly growing — and controversial — business.” | learn more
From TechCrunch: “Facebook is finally ready to reveal details about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It’s currently scheduled for a June 18th release of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s basics…” | learn more
The title doesn’t do this video justice. It’s a high-bandwidth conversion between Chris Dixon (a16z) and Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital. Not for blockchain beginners. | learn more
Andrew Chen helps promote his colleague’s new book Secrets of Sand Hill Road by highlighting some of the math around VC returns. There’s also an excerpt from the book. | learn more