You may have heard one of my rants about the lack of good research on diet and nutrition. The lack of good research makes it easy for bad research to get noticed. Things like statistical “p-hacking” are a real threat […]
This is not the first time I’d heard of the list being gamed – it’s a rather poorly kept secret in the publishing world. This is, however, the first time I’ve seen it written up in so much detail! | learn more
“How Standard Chartered became the world’s dominant diamond financier is a cautionary tale of a bank that thought it knew better than rivals, according to interviews with more than 20 people, including executives who worked at the bank and had […]
This MIT Technology Review article discusses their use of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), a machine learning technique, to better understand fashion and style. | learn more
Venture capitalist Benedict Evans has a new post discussing the likely winner-takes-all outcomes in the burgeoning autonomous car business. His analysis is always very thorough and worth reading. | learn more
In case you haven’t seen this news everywhere already, Amazon wants to find a city to support a 2nd headquarters. Chicago will bid. I’ll reserve excitement, but it’d be cool for sure! | learn more
CPS is usually in the news in a negative light (being broke, teachers strikes, schools closing, etc.), but this week’s story is something to be proud of! Over the past 6 years, the graduation rate has grown 36%. The growth […]
“A new paper in the journal Proceedings of Royal Society B reveals that when wild dogs in Botswana sneeze, they aren’t merely clearing their nasal passages. They are actually voting on whether to go hunting, and some dogs are especially […]
To all my color-blind brethren, it’s time to rejoice! Did you know Uno is the most popular non-collectible card game in the world? | learn more
My knowledge of Thomas Edison’s story and achievements was very limited before this book. I knew he had some relationship to “inventing electricity” and that our local electric utility ComEd is named after him. I also knew he had some […]