fun facts
Woman posed as a deputy, sprung boyfriend from jail
“A Fayetteville woman was given 15 years in prison for posing as a California sheriff’s deputy in order to spring her boyfriend from jail.” | learn more
fun facts
California wants to legalize eating roadkill
It’s currently illegal, but maybe not for long. There’s a bill advancing through the legislature that would allow the “outdoorsy and culinarily courageous” to eat certain roadkill. | learn more
thoughts of food
Tomato pan-genome makes bringing flavor back easier
“With the availability of this wide array of specific genetic information, breeders should be able to work quickly to increase the flavor of store bought, mass production tomatoes while preserving the traits that make them an economically advantageous crop.” As […]
under the microscope
First human trial of FMT for obesity concludes unfavorably
“The results from the first randomized controlled human trial into [Fecal Matter Transplants] for obesity suggest modulating the microbiome of humans to treat obesity may be more complicated than researchers had hoped.” Although it worked in animal models, it didn’t […]
better doing
The power of saying less
A story about how being frugal with words works to your advantage. | learn more
better doing
Software and the Tough Tomato Principle
“Most people think of tools as designed around their material, not materials around their tools. But in practice, tools and materials are constantly reshaping each other.” | learn more
retail therapy
IKEA gets a new logo for the internet
In a link below you’ll see an article about the ‘tough tomato principle’ about co-evolution. This is that principle in action. First came the internet, then the internet evolved to handle images (and logos), and now logos are evolving to […]
retail therapy
Amazon starts building an airport, and TechCrunch has the winning headline
“Jeff Bezos personally dumps a truckload of dirt on FedEx’s future.” They’re building a 3-million-square-foot airport near Cincinnati to help get your packages to you next-day. | learn more