Female supreme court justices interrupted 3x as much as men.
Maybe this fact isn’t so fun, but holy crap! What does a lady have to do to get some respect around here? | lean more
Maybe this fact isn’t so fun, but holy crap! What does a lady have to do to get some respect around here? | lean more
What happens when you let the internet place unlimited pixels on a canvas, but only one every five minutes? Reddit’s april fools joke lasted 3 days, and the result is worth looking at. “Somehow, someway, what happened in Reddit over those 72 hours was the birth of Art.” | learn more
Want to be in the water business? Maybe Chicago isn’t the best place to start. Since we have an abundant supply of water in Lake Michigan, Chicagoans really don’t think twice about using too much. These two projects aren’t letting that slow them down, as they work toward innovation in water technology and infrastructure. | learn more
Water is essential to our survival, and it covers much of the earth. The only pesky issue is that most of that water is saltwater. Naturally, desalinization is a big deal. Unfortunately it’s still very expensive process, so water scarcity continues to be an issue in much of the world. A new graphene-based technology might enable rapid production of membranes to filter salt out of seawater. | learn more
A recent study by researchers at the University of Southern California has found that fasting for three days triggers your body to regenerate immune systems cells. “Prolonged fasting forces the body to use stores of glucose and fat but also breaks down a significant portion of white blood cells. During each cycle of fasting, this depletion of white blood cells induces changes that trigger stem cell-based regeneration of new immune…
Jeff Bezos’s letter to shareholders puts a spotlight on his famous “It’s Day 1 for the Internet” philosophy, and lays out a framework for how he intends to keep Amazon from falling into Day 2. I especially like his concept of High-Velocity Decision Making and Disagree and Commit. | learn more
DFJ Ventures, foundedin 1985, has been one of the most successful VC firms. Jurvetson, the J in DFJ, sits on the boards of Tesla, SpaceX, Planet, D-Wave, and Synthetic Genomics. He answers questions about self-driving cars, nanotechnology, and other interesting topics. | learn more
You need to read this. In The Oatmeal’s usual (excellent) style, the comic explains the backfire effect - why offering facts that contradict a deeply held belief doesn’t produce the desired result. | learn more
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How to choose and form the habits you want. | learn more