The brand Dirty Lemon has made a drink that includes retinol, “a super-potent, typically topical skin-care ingredient revered for its ability to prevent and correct wrinkles, pimples and hyperpigmentation.” And interestingly, dermatologists aren’t calling BS on it. | learn more
This caught my eye because it discusses a way to make super-strong silk fibers without spiders. “A new method takes advantage of engineered bacteria to produce difficult-to-make proteins that could be useful during future space missions.” | learn more
“A woman in Scotland can feel virtually no pain due to a mutation in a previously-unidentified gene, according to a research paper co-led by UCL.” | learn more
From Seth Godin: “It’s difficult to get someone (a client, a boss, a voter, a partner) to say those three words. Difficult to say on our own behalf, too. Which is why we so easily get stuck.” | learn more
“Writing well is hard, but Steven Pinker managed to boil the essentials down to just 13 tweet-length tips.” | learn more
Zack Kanter writes about how he defines Amazon’s business. It’s a fairly interesting, though not totally novel, analysis. What most caught my eye is his argument that their advertising business is creating a crack in their mighty facade. This is […]
“The world’s largest retailer is using Jetblack, a labor-intensive and money-losing personal-shopping service, to develop artificial intelligence to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.” I’d try this as a consumer – seems great! | learn more
This will make for an interesting future. I applaud any move that increases visibility into health care prices. | learn more
The startup that wanted to increase drug price transparency and move transactions online has not had an easy run. From Bloomberg: “The startup’s path has been littered with lawsuits, feuds and defections.” | learn more
Hutt Capital did a reasonably thorough analysis of the industry. Short version: 49 blockchain-only VC funds, 69% are based in the US, and majority are still raising their first funds. Average fund size of $78 million and median of $60 […]