Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb I must admit I may have gone about this backwards… Before reading the book, I read this excellent critique of it by Alex Lynch. It definitely helped me keep from getting sucked in to the passion with […]
“Researchers at the University of Sussex and Swansea University have applied electrical charges to manipulate liquid metal into 2D shapes such as letters and a heart. The team says the findings represent an “extremely promising” new class of materials that […]
I find this distinction interesting. Humans have been “modifying” crop and animal genes since the invention of agriculture by selecting for desired variants. Transgenic modification, where scientists literally splice in genes from unrelated organisms, has proven to be much more […]
The harvest was “grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts…” | learn more
New research from Northwestern Medicine has found the “recipe” for developing food allergies. “The factors contributing to food allergy include the genetics that alter skin absorbency, use of infant cleansing wipes that leave soap on the skin, skin exposure to […]
Researchers at Google Brain are doing some very neat work that crosses both computer vision & health. “Using deep learning algorithms trained on data from 284,335 patients, we were able to predict CV risk factors from retinal images with surprisingly […]
Michael Seibel from YCombinator wrote an essay discussing how to put the first thing first when starting a business. | learn more
Nick Maggiulli from Of Dollars and Data reminds us about the importance of sticking to investment plans. That means avoid chasing the newest “hot” investment! | learn more
This caught my eye and seems really interesting! Robert Solomon from ConsenSys has an idea for the future: “CONE, short for Collaborative Network Economies, seeks to create the best of both worlds by turning large companies into networks of autonomous […]
Hilarious! Kerry Taylor live-tweeted from this supremely awful event. | learn more