thoughts of food
Spanish company launches low-fat avocados.
The company Isla Bonita claims their Avocado Light has up to 30% less fat, ripens faster, and turns brown slower. | learn more
thoughts of food
How dark chocolate became a health food.
Did you notice this trend over the years? As this article points out, even people on a hardcore Paleo diet are feeling good about their chocolate consumption. | learn more
oh, chicago
City’s Water Commissioner accidentally floods his own basement.
He removed leaves that were blocking a sewer only to learn the hard way how much water the city’s 100 year old drainage system can handle. |learn more
fun facts
100 images from Cassini’s mission to Saturn.
After 20 years in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere. Before that, it sent a bunch of stunning photos of the planet, its rings, and its moons. |learn more
fun facts
Is there a single food that you can live on forever?
Popular Science tackles the big question. | learn more
under the microscope
FDA approved 2nd clinical trial of stem sell application.
“Stem cell researchers aim to cure diabetes, heal injuries, and even regenerate body parts. Recently, the FDA approved clinical trials at Sanford to use stem cells to heal non-healing leg wounds.” | learn more
better doing
How to teach employees skills they don’t know they lack.
“One global technology company my team works with, for example, discovered that, on average, its sales employees didn’t understand or know about 22% of its product features, even though they believed they did.” | learn more
retail therapy
Retailers that make the most money per square foot.
“Here are the retailers that are bringing in the most dollars per square foot of real estate, according to CoStar.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Top 10 Ethereum Decentralized Apps.
These “DApps” run on top of the Ethereum protocol. Some have really ambitious expectations. For example, BitNation intends to create a virtual nation with passports that are accepted by physical nations! These are all pretty clearly early, but interesting nonetheless. | learn […]
tech, startups, internet
VC math.
Investor Homan Yuen writes about the economics of venture capital funds, making the case for why most require $1B+ exits to make their funds work. This is an easy-to-understand overview of the subject. |learn more